Editing Dan Coats (section)

===Iran and Iraq===
[[File:President Donald J. Trump Signs H.R. 374, H.R. 510, H.R. 873, and H.R. 2430 into Law.jpg|thumb|Coats with President Donald Trump in August 2017]]
Coats supported the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] on the grounds of uncovering what he believed to be 
Iraq's [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|weapons of mass destruction]].<ref name="iraq" />

Coats opposed the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|2015 nuclear deal]] between [[Iran]] and six world powers – the U.S., U.K., Russia, France, China, and Germany.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-09-09|title=Sen. Coats: Iran nuclear deal "fatally flawed"|url=https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/sen-coats-iran-nuclear-deal-fatally-flawed|access-date=2023-01-01|website=WRTV Indianapolis|first1=Jordan |last1=Fischer |first2=Katie |last2=Heinz}}</ref> He described Iran as the foremost "[[State-sponsored terrorism|state sponsor of terrorism]]".<ref>[http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10519/Iran-continues-engaging-in-support-for-terrorism-despite-nuclear-deal Iran continues engaging in support for terrorism despite nuclear deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073717/http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10519/Iran-continues-engaging-in-support-for-terrorism-despite-nuclear-deal |date=February 14, 2018 }}. The Baghdad Post. May 13, 2017.</ref>

During testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee in January 2019, Coats said that [[Iran]] "continues to sponsor terrorism".<ref>{{cite news |date=January 31, 2019 |title=Trump disagrees with his own intelligence team. We catalog the differences |work=[[PolitiFact]] |url=https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/jan/31/trump-disagrees-intelligence-team-catalog-differen/}}</ref> According to Coats, "Iran's regional ambitions and improved military capabilities almost certainly will threaten US interests in the coming year."<ref>{{cite news |date=February 5, 2019 |title=4 key takeaways from Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testimony about Iran |work=USA Today |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/05/dan-coats-iran-intelligence-missiles-nukes-terrorism-syria-yemen-column/2763775002/}}</ref>