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In this Friday, June 18, 2021, photo, Ebrahim Raisi, a candidate in Iran's presidential elections waves to the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Tehran, Iran. The Biden administration is lashing out at Iran for accusing it of delaying a proposed prisoner swap to force a quick resumption of paused indirect nuclear talks. The State Department on Saturday, July 17, 2021 slammed as “outrageous” comments made by Iran's deputy foreign minister who blamed the U.S. and Britain for the delay. A sixth round of nuclear talks ended last month without agreement ahead of Iran's presidential election won by Ebrahim Raisi. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) **FILE**

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A demonstrator holds a poster of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone attack in early January 2020, in a pro-Palestinians gathering in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Chief of the powerful Revolutionary Guard Gen. Hossein Salami said in the gathering that Israel has become weaker and the Palestinians have become stronger and more powerful. Iran does not recognize Israel and supports anti-Israeli militant groups like Palestinian Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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