The allegations were made in a lawsuit filed by a former chief of detectives, James Essig, who said he was forced out of the NYPd after raising concerns about the promotions.
From its inflexible diplomacy to its overreliance on proxy forces, Iran left itself vulnerable to more powerful adversaries, former U.S. officials say.
Though Congress acted after the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam to restrain presidents in their use of military force, recent decades have seen presidents pushing against those restraints.
Abbas Araghchi told NBC News that Iran won't agree to halting all uranium enrichment and Israel must stop its airstrikes before negotiations with the U.S.