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Naghmeh Abedini, holds a necklace with a photograph of her husband, Saeed Abedini, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2015, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing with four people whose family members are being held in Iran. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Iran’s Hassan Rouhani chided on persecution of religious minorities

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Iran’s two postures make trust difficult

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Iran's Rahbar Ali Khamenei (Painted portrait/Flickr)

W. SCOTT LAMB: ‘Abandoning our friends for Iran’

By W. Scott Lamb

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks in the garden of Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Sunday July 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran plans major celebration over nuclear deal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Iran executed at least 289 people in 2014, according to Amnesty International, making the Islamic republic the world's second most prolific practitioner of capital punishment. Women and children in Iran also struggle under harsh, discriminatory laws despite numerous calls for reform from human rights groups and the international community. (Associated Press)

Iran human rights abuses of women, children worsen amid Obama nuclear talks

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Regime change in Iran: The Iranian people want regime change, not appeasement

By Maryam Rajavi

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., talks to media before entering a classified members-only briefing on Syria by senior administration officials on Capitol Hill, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, in Washington. Sunday the Obama administration confidently predicted congressional backing for limited action in Syria. Further classified meetings are scheduled in upcoming days. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Regime change in Iran: The Iranian regime remains a threat to liberty

By Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a news briefing at the Saadabad palace in Tehran in this Friday, April 3, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Hassan Rouhani of Iran warns: Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen a ‘mistake’

By Nasser Karimi and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Extreme punishment: Public hangings of convicted criminals in Iran have risen to more than 66 per month since Hassan Rouhani, portrayed as a moderate reformer, became president in August. Rights advocates say international law is being violated. (Associated Press)

Iran executions surge amid U.S. nuclear talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2014, photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to media at the State Department in Washington. With a late November deadline approaching, Kerry, America’s top diplomat is plunging back into Iranian nuclear talks with an eye on his adversary and another on developments at home as pressure rises in Washington for a deal ensuring the Islamic republic cannot become a nuclear state. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Iran president: Differences remain on nuclear deal

By GEORGE JAHN - Associated Press

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani leaves after a news conference in New York on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. In his wide-ranging speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, Rouhani warned that Islamic terrorists were creating chaos in the Mideast to destroy civilization and generate anti-Muslim hatred, saying they wanted to create "a fertile ground for further intervention of foreign forces in our region." He also said a nuclear agreement was possible before the November deadline if the West wants a deal and shows flexibility. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani calls for more academic freedom

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on Iran's continued nuclear weapons development by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

MAY: Iran taking advantage of the focus on ISIS

By Clifford D. May

President Hassan Rouhani of Iran addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani: Extremists want to destroy civilization

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

** FILE ** Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in Riyadh, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Saudi diplomats hold rare talks with Iran

Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, speaks during an annual meeting of Iranian ambassadors as Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. Rouhani has offered his harshest criticism yet of hard-liners opposed to making a deal over its contested nuclear program with world powers, saying they should go "to hell." (AP Photo/Mohammad Berno, Iranian Presidency Office)

UN sees some progress in Iran nuclear probe

Associated Press

Turkey Iran Handshake Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

BERMAN & MADYOON: An Iranian-Turkish reset

By Ilan Berman and Nika Madyoon

** FILE ** Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (Associated Press)

DEACE: Our war in Iraq will be won by Iran

By Steve Deace

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waves as he arrives to deliver a speech during a ceremony marking the 25th death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, at his shrine just outside Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Iran's moderate president said Tuesday that his administration will defend the Islamic Republic's nuclear rights and work to end international sanctions that have devastated its economy. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vows to ‘protect nuclear rights’ and kick sanctions to curb

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Iran Human Rights Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

MAGINNIS: Human rights, the fundamental of dealing with Iran

By Kenneth Maginnis

** FILE ** Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, delivers a speech during an annual rally commemorating anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, at the Azadi 'Freedom' Square in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani: The U.S. owes Iran reparations for ‘hostile policies’

By Adam Kredo — The Washington Free Beacon