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The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) has filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ongoing war on Iran.

The organization filed the complaint on Thursday, asking a court to halt the U.S.’s military action against Iran and to declare the U.S.’s war on Iran unconstitutional.

The lawsuit argues that Trump violated the Constitution’s war powers checks, and that the war continues to harm Iranian Americans, including those represented by the organization.

Since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran in February, “at least 3,600 Iranians have been killed, at least 18 U.S. servicemembers have lost their lives, the security situation in the region has spiraled out of control, the global economy has teetered, and Americans have watched as billions have been taken out of our pockets to wage an illegal war that has no end in sight,” Jamal Abdi, NIAC’s president, said in a statement on Thursday as NIAC announced its lawsuit.

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Abdi stated that not only did Trump not ask Congress for a declaration of war, but Congress has formally declared that the war must end — and yet it has continued.

“We’re filing this now because we have explored every single recourse to enforce the constitution, enforce our laws, and end this illegal war,” Abdi told Truthout. “Our members have taken to the streets to protest alongside many other Americans; they have visited their lawmakers, encouraged them to pass war powers resolutions. We’ve done everything that active citizens should do, and yet the war continues, and the president has........

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