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In this frame grab taken from video posted to YouTube, people dance to Pharrell Williams' hit song &quot;Happy&quot; on a rooftop in Tehran, Iran. Police in Iran have arrested six young people and shown them on state television for posting the video. While the song has sparked similar videos all over the world, in Iran some see the trend as promoting the spread of Western culture. And women are banned from dancing in public or appearing outside without the hijab in the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo)

‘Happy’ video arrests highlight tensions in Iran

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and ADAM SCHRECK - Associated Press

UN experts: Iran’s banned nuke buying has showed

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Wearing ghilli suits, Iranian army troops march in a parade as one of them hold up his weapon, marking National Army Day in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 18, 2014. Ahead of the parade Iran's President Hassan Rouhani underscored his moderate policies and outreach to the West in a speech. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran: Rouhani talks peace, outreach at army parade

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, speaks with European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 9, 2014. Ashton said Sunday world powers talk with Iran will not necessary reach a final deal. An unidentified interpreter sits center. (AP Photo/Mohammad Berno, Iranian Presidency Office)

Iran president reaches out to Oman on friendship tour

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Rouhani: Beliefs stop Iran from pursuing nukes

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI - Associated Press

Report: Iran successfully test-fires 2 missiles

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Iran hard-liners say Rouhani halted missile drill

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, smiles as he meets President of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter during a bilateral meeting on the sideline of the 44. Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone,Jean-Christophe Bott)

Iran’s Rouhani donates $170K to Jewish hospital

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, smiles as he meets President of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter during a bilateral meeting on the sideline of the 44. Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone,Jean-Christophe Bott)

Journos poke fun at Iranian president’s #RouhaniCare tweet

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Leaders gathered in the Swiss ski resort of Davos have made it a top priority to push to reshape the global economy and cut global warming by shifting to cleaner energy sources. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

On charm offensive, Iran leader sets lofty goals

By JOHN HEILPRIN and PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Hassan Rouhani Associated Press photo

PRUDEN: Has anyone seen any grit?

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

This undated handout photo provided by the family of Robert Levinson after they received it in April 2011, shows retired-FBI agent Robert Levinson. In March 2007, Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smuggler and organized crime figures. Days later after a meeting with an admitted killer, he vanished. For years the U.S. has publicly described him as a private citizen who was traveling on private business. However, an Associated Press investigation reveals that Levinson was working for the CIA. (AP Photo/Levinson Family)

American missing in Iran was CIA operative who went rogue

By Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo - Associated Press

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Sunday that the nuclear deal with world powers already has boosted the country's economy. "They're ready to buy; they have the money now," said E.J. Miller, founder of the Iran America Chamber of Commerce. (Office of the president of Iran via Associated Press)

U.S. businesses reach out quickly to partners in Iran

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

BERMAN and ADATTO: Iran’s long list of broken promises

By Ilan Berman and Mollie Adatto

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani now has a video that is seemingly inspired by President Obama's "Yes we can" campaign ad. (Image: YouTube)

Iranian president uses Obama playbook, gets ‘Yes We Can’-inspired video

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 3, 2012, file photo, released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the worshippers before he delivers his Friday prayers sermon, at the Tehran University campus, Iran. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader, File)

Ayatollah Khamenei backs Iranian nuclear deal

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Heed Netanyahu on Iran’s Rouhani

By our readers

President Barack Obama walks from Marine One on the South Lawn after returning to the White House in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, from a trip to Florida. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama faces worry at home, abroad over Iran talks

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (left) gestures to Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, as they arrive at a press conference at the end of the Iranian nuclear talks in Geneva on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The European Union's top diplomat and Iran's foreign minister said nuclear talks between six world powers and Tehran had not sealed a deal. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: Uranium enrichment is ‘red line’

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Secretary of State John F. Kerry pauses during a press conference at the end of the Iranian nuclear talks in Geneva on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The talks failed to reach an agreement, but Mr. Kerry said Tehran and six world powers had made "significant progress." (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

John Kerry: Obama prepared to use force in Iran

By David Sherfinski and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times