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The spokesman of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Ramazan Sharif speaks with media members at the conclusion of his press conference in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sharif, said all six ballistic missiles it launched on Syria hit their targets, according to "local sources and drone films." Iran fired ballistic missiles at IS targets in eastern Syria, in the province of Deir el-Zour, later on Sunday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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The spokesman of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Ramazan Sharif speaks with media members at the conclusion of his press conference in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sharif, said all six ballistic missiles it launched on Syria hit their targets, according to "local sources and drone films." Iran fired ballistic missiles at IS targets in eastern Syria, in the province of Deir el-Zour, later on Sunday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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The spokesman of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Ramazan Sharif, left, speaks with The Associated Press reporters at the conclusion of his press conference in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sharif, said all six ballistic missiles it launched on Syria hit their targets, according to "local sources and drone films." Iran fired ballistic missiles at IS targets in eastern Syria, in the province of Deir el-Zour, later on Sunday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iranian soccer fans celebrate while following the Iran against Uzbekistan Asia Group A, 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 12, 2017. Iran became the second team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup by beating Uzbekistan 2-0. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iran's Milad Mohammadi, left, and Uzbekistan's Azizbek Khaydarov, vie for the ball during their Asia Group A, 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 12, 2017. Iran became the second team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup by beating Uzbekistan 2-0. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iran's Mehdi Taremi celebrates after scoring a goal against Uzbekistan during their Asia Group A, 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 12, 2017. Iran became the second team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup by beating Uzbekistan 2-0. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iran national soccer team players celebrate after beating Uzbekistan in their Asia Group A, 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 12, 2017. Iran became the second team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup by beating Uzbekistan 2-0. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Security personnel take position in front of Iran's parliament building after an assault by several attackers, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Suicide bombers and gunmen stormed into Iran's parliament and targeted the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Wednesday, killing a security guard and wounding several other people in rare twin attacks, with the siege at the legislature still underway. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Omid Vahabzadeh)
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Illustration on the newly "elected" president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on Iran's threat to an independent Kurdistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Iranian national basketball team players Ayrin Artoonian, left, Shadi Abdolvand, center, and head of Koosha Sanat club Nasim Daneshpajooh attend an interview with The Associated Press in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 4, 2017. Basketball enthusiasts around the world said a decision to allow players to wear religious headgear in competition will encourage more people to play the sport because it gives participants the right to practice their faith and focus on playing ball. Abdolvand said basketball will change in Iran because younger players will be encouraged to "pursue their goals." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iranian national basketball team player Shadi Abdolvand attends an interview with The Associated Press in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 4, 2017. Basketball enthusiasts around the world said a decision to allow players to wear religious headgear in competition will encourage more people to play the sport because it gives participants the right to practice their faith and focus on playing ball. Abdolvand said basketball will change in Iran because younger players will be encouraged to "pursue their goals." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iranian national basketball team players Shadi Abdolvand, left, and Ayrin Artoonian attend an interview with The Associated Press in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 4, 2017. Basketball enthusiasts around the world said a decision to allow players to wear religious headgear in competition will encourage more people to play the sport because it gives participants the right to practice their faith and focus on playing ball. Abdolvand said basketball will change in Iran because younger players will be encouraged to "pursue their goals." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Illustration on the dangerous complications of the Obama/Iran nuke deal by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the Boeing/Iran airbus deal by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this April 6, 2016, file photo, Iranian students prepare their robots during the international robotics competition, RoboCup Iran Open 2016, in Tehran, Iran. Universities in the U.S. say President Donald Trump's revised travel ban would block hundreds of graduate students who play key roles in research. Twenty-five of America's largest universities told The Associated Press they've sent acceptance letters to more than 500 students from the six banned countries for next fall, mostly from Iran, who are known for their strength in engineering and sciences. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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FILE -- In this Dec. 18, 2007, file photo, Christine Levinson, left, the wife of a missing American former FBI agent, her son, Daniel, and her sister Susan exit Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport upon their arrival in Iran. The family of Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iran a decade ago on an unauthorized CIA assignment, filed a lawsuit Tuesday, March 21, 2017, against Iran. The lawsuit in U.S. federal court describes in detail offers by Iran to “arrange” for his release in exchange for a series of concessions, including for the return of a Revolutionary Guard general who defected to the West.. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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FILE - In this combination photo, actor Colin Farrell, left, appears during a portrait session, on May 9, 2016 in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Lt. Col. Oliver North appears before a congressional committee holding hearings on the Iran-Contra affair on Capitol Hill in Washington. Farrell is slated to star as Oliver North in a limited series from Amazon. The man who directed Farrell in the film "Lobster," Yorgos Lanthimos, has been tapped to direct the untitled, one-hour series that will cover the Iran-Contra scandal. (AP Photo/Jordan Strauss and J. Scott Applewhite, Files)
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Illustration on the continuing threat of Iran by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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In this Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 photo, Farhad Azima, Iranian director and screenwriter of the animated film "Battle of the Persian Gulf II" center, gives an interview to the The Associated Press, while a man watches a trailer for the movie, at his office, in Tehran, Iran. The film, that was four years in the making, imagines a devastating response to an American attack on the country’s nuclear program. In a climactic battle at sea, an Iranian commander orders his forces to open fire on a much larger U.S. fleet, obliterating it with a barrage of rockets. A portrait of the head of Iran's elite Quds Force Gen. Qassem Soleimani hangs in the background. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
