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In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, Freedom, Square 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)

Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s president, faces impeachment bid

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Brother of Iran’s president goes on trial for corruption

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Iran says Trump remarks on Iraq reveal American ‘lies’

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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference in New York. President Rouhani is warning Western countries that they will face a massive influx of drugs if Iran becomes weakened by U.S. sanctions. Rouhani spoke in Tehran on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at a six-nation conference on fighting terrorism attended by parliament speakers of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, China and Russia. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Rouhani warns weakened Iran less able to fight trafficking

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 30, 2012, file photo, fishermen cross the sea waters off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, near the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has threatened again to close the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for nearly a third of all oil traded by sea. The state TV quotes Rouhani as saying on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 that “if someday, the United States decides to block Iran’s oil (exports), no oil will be exported from the Persian Gulf.”(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Iran vows to close key strait if US cuts off oil exports

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An effigy of U.S. government icon &quot;Uncle Sam&quot; is held up by demonstrators during a rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, marking the 39th anniversary of the seizure of the embassy by militant Iranian students. Thousands of Iranians rallied in Tehran on Sunday to mark the anniversary as Washington restored all sanctions lifted under the nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s president, warns of ‘war situation’ as sanctions resume

By Nasser Karimi and Amir Vahdat - Associated Press

Iran’s parliament approves 4 ministers backed by president

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

Iran’s president seeks to downplay US oil sanctions

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Iran’s Rouhani: US headed into isolation after UN meeting

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani enters a meeting with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Iran says it doesn’t want war with the US

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump won’t meet with Iran’s Hassan Rouhani: ‘I am sure he is an absolutely lovely man!’

By Gabriella Muñoz and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Iran says US wants to overthrow govt, rejects two-way talks

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrives to address the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Hassan Rouhani accuses Trump of trying to overthrow Iran government

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, U.S. United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley address the United Nations Security Council, during the U.N. General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Trump administration tells Iran ‘look in the mirror’ on military parade attack responsibility

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Iranian Students' News Agency, ISNA, wounded military personnel are carried into an ambulance after a shooting during a military parade marking the 38th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Gunmen disguised as soldiers attacked the annual Iranian military parade Saturday in the country's oil-rich southwest, killing several people and wounding otehrs in the bloodiest assault to strike the country in recent years. ( Alireza Mohammadi/ISNA via AP)

Iran blames U.S. for attack on military parade

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 photo, Shahindokht Molaverdi, a top adviser to Iran’s president on human rights, gives an interview to The Associated Press at her office in Tehran, Iran. Molaverdi said that the government “failed” to help a U.S. permanent resident imprisoned over spying allegations that she invited to the country for a summit. She cited the case of Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese-born internet freedom advocate who had been living in the U.S. and is now serving 10 years in prison. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

AP Interview: Adviser says Iran failed detained US resident

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this April 4, 2018, file photo, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lock hands during a group photo in Ankara, Turkey. When the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran meet in Tehran Friday, Sept. 7, all eyes will be on their diplomacy averting a bloodbath in Idlib, Syria's crowded northwestern province and last opposition stronghold. The three leaders whose nations are all under U.S. sanctions have an interest in working together, but Idlib is complicated and they have little common ground. (Tolga Bozoglu/Pool Photo via AP, File)

The Latest: Syria says it’s committed to ‘liberate’ Idlib

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a session of the parliament while answering questions of lawmakers, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. Rouhani failed to convince parliament on Tuesday that his plans will pull the country out of an economic nosedive worsened by America's withdrawal from the nuclear deal, further isolating his relatively moderate administration amid nationwide anger. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran president fails to appease lawmakers in economic crisis

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Iran's Finance Minister Masoud Karbasian speaks during his impeachment hearing in a session of parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. The parliament voted to sack Karbasian, dealing another blow to President Hassan Rouhani as he faces mounting discontent over the economy. President Donald Trump began restoring sanctions after withdrawing the United States from Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran lawmakers fire finance minister as economic woes mount

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani is briefed by an air force pilot as he sits in the cockpit of a fighter jet, before an inauguration ceremony of the aircraft, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Iran on Tuesday displayed a new twin-seat fighter jet it says is all Iranian-made and which allegedly has advanced avionics and fire control systems. Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami stands at second right. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran unveils first domestically-built jet fighter

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times