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In this photo released by the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran says John Bolton’s firing likely won’t ease tensions with Donald Trump

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 21, 2019 file photo, a speedboat of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard moves around a British-flagged oil tanker, the Stena Impero, which was seized by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The U.S. Navy is trying to put together a new coalition of nations to counter what it sees as a renewed maritime threat from Iran. Meanwhile, Iran finds itself backed into a corner and ready for a possible conflict. It stands poised on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, to further break the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. (Hasan Shirvani/Mizan News Agency via AP, File)

Iran ratchets up pressure ahead of weekend nuclear deadline

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Rouhani back-pedaled Tuesday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise a meeting between the two would be a mere photo op. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran oil tanker pursued by U.S. turns off tracker near Syria

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

A supertanker hosting an Iranian flag is seen on the water in the British territory of Gibraltar, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected the United States' latest request not to release a seized Iranian supertanker, clearing the way for the vessel to set sail after being detained last month for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Iranian oil tanker pursued by US off the coast of Syria

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a conference in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. Rouhani defended his foreign minister's surprise visit to the G-7 summit, saying he ready to go anywhere to negotiate a way out of the crisis following the U.S. pullout from the nuclear deal. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Hassan Rouhani, Iranian president: First lift sanctions, then let’s talk

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

In this image from file video provided by U.K. Ministry of Defence, British navy vessel HMS Montrose escorts another ship during a mission to remove chemical weapons from Syria at sea off coast of Cyprus in February 2014. The British Navy said it intercepted an attempt on Thursday, July 11, 2019, by three Iranian paramilitary vessels to impede the passage of a British commercial vessel just days after Iran’s president warned of repercussions for the seizure of its own supertanker. A U.K. government statement said Iranian vessels only turned away after receiving “verbal warnings” from the HMS Montrose accompanying the commercial ship through the narrow Strait of Hormuz. (UK Ministry of Defence via AP)

Britain says Iranian vessels tried to block tanker in Gulf

By AYA BATRAWY and AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

French presidential envoy Emmanuel Bonne, left, is welcomed by Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani for a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Latest: Iran says US sanctions are ‘warfare’

Associated Press

FILE -- This Oct. 27, 2004 file photo, shows the interior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, 223 miles (360 kilometers) southwest of Tehran, Iran. When it comes to saving Iran's nuclear deal, Europe finds itself in the impossible situation of trying to salvage an accord unraveling because of the maximalist U.S. sanctions campaign. (AP Photo/Fars News Agancy, File)

AP Analysis: Europe squeezed in Iran-US nuclear deal dispute

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton gives statements to media in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, Pool)

The Latest: Saudi Arabia says it shot down Yemen drone

Associated Press

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim, right, shakes hands with his visiting Omani counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi, after a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

The Latest: Merkel urges ‘peaceful solutions’ in Gulf crisis

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In this Sunday, May 19, 2019, photo released by the U.S. Navy, the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic transports cargo to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeff Sherman/U.S. Navy via AP)

Bomb-carrying drone from Yemen rebels targets Saudi airport

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Rouhani said Wednesday that it will begin keeping its excess uranium and heavy water from its nuclear program, setting a 60-day deadline for new terms to its nuclear deal with world powers before it will resume higher uranium enrichment. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran threatens to restart higher uranium enrichment, gives world 60-day deadline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Iran announces joint border security force with Pakistan

Associated Press

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the inauguration ceremony of four projects at the South Pars gas field on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asaluyeh, Iran, Sunday, March 17, 2019. Iran said the development will allow Iran to overtake Qatar in the production of natural gas. The two countries are among the biggest gas producers in the world and share the South Pars gas field. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s Hassan Rouhani urges Iranians to ‘put all your curses’ on U.S.

Associated Press

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waves to journalists before his meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih at Salam Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 11, 2019. Rouhani is visiting Iraq, seeking to boost ties between the two neighboring states and possibly secure Iraq’s help in bypassing U.S. sanctions the Trump administration re-imposed last year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iranian president meets Iraq’s most senior Shiite cleric

Associated Press

In this Nov. 24, 2015, file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, listens to his Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif prior to a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani is planning to make his first official visit to Iraq Monday, March 11, 2019, as he faces mounting pressure from hard-liners at home in the wake of the unravelling of the nuclear deal under the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran’s Hassan Rouhani seeks to boost ties on first visit to Baghdad

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani gestures to the crowd of supporters during a public meeting in northern city of Lahijan, Iran, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Rouhani says there's no chance of negotiations or compromise with the United States, because Washington allegedly is seeking to topple the government in Tehran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran says no chance of negotiations, compromise with US

Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov. 24, 2015, file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, listens to his Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif prior to a meeting in Tehran, Iran. On Monday Feb. 25, 2019, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has resigned. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran’s president rejects resignation of his foreign minister

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talk while waiting to welcome then-Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for a meeting in Tehran, Iran. The nuclear deal with world powers once buoyed the political fortunes of Rouhani and Zarif. Now it threatens to sink them. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

AP Explains: Iran’s FM quits as atomic deal unravels

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waves to media as he is surrounded by a group of lawmakers while he leaves the parliament after defending his proposed health minister, in Tehran, Iran. Lashed by criticism over his collapsing nuclear deal, Iran’s President Rouhani faces an uncertain future amid a renewed hard-line effort to drive him from office years before his elected term ends. Iranian presidents typically see their popularity erode during their second four-year terms. But analysts say Rouhani is particularly vulnerable because of the economic crisis assailing the country’s rial currency, which has hurt ordinary Iranians and emboldened critics to call for his ouster. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s president faces calls to resign over economic crisis

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press