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Iran players celebrate after beating South Korea during the Asian zone Group A qualifying soccer match for the 2014 World Cup in Ulsan, South Korea Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Iran won 1-0. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Do-hun)

World Cup 2014: Iran, South Korea, Australia qualify for Brazil

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Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KAHLILI: Iran elects a ‘good cop’ who isn’t good at all

By Reza Kahlili

** FILE ** Iranian president Hasan Rowhani. (Associated Press)

U.S., allies see chance for breakthrough with Iran’s new president

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Iranian President-elect Hasan Rowhani stands in front of a portrait of the country's revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, during a visit to the late cleric's shrine just outside Tehran on Sunday, June 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Embassy Row: ‘Lap dog’ president

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (third from left) chairs at a weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, June 16, 2013. Mr. Netanyahu warned the international community against easing sanctions on Iran following the election of Hasan Rowhani, a reformist-backed presidential candidate, since the country's nuclear efforts remain firmly in the hands of Iran's extremist ruling clerics. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, Pool)

Moderate Iranian leader could hinder Israel

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

A supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani holds up his poster in Tehran on Saturday, June 15, 2013, while celebrating Mr. Rowhani's victory. Wild celebrations broke out in the capital's streets, which were battlefields after the presidential election four years ago, as reformist-backed Mr. Rowhani capped a stunning surge to claim Iran's presidency on Saturday, throwing open the political order after relentless crackdowns by hard-liners to consolidate and safeguard their grip on power. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iranian president-elect says economy will take time

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

** FILE ** In front of a portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, a former top nuclear negotiator, center, gestures to his supporters at a rally in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 1, 2013.

White House congratulates Iranians on new president

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Mourners carry the coffin of a man killed in a liquor store attack in Baghdad, Iraq, May 15, 2013. More than a year after the U.S. military left Iraq, the country is reeling from its most sustained violence since 2008. Over the last two months more than 1,200 people have been killed, raising fears the country is sliding back into chaos. (Associated Press)

Rocket attack kills 2 Iranian dissidents, wounds dozens in Iraq

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Men wait in line at a polling station to vote during presidential elections in Qom, 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran’s leader jabs U.S. as presidential vote begins

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Iran's Parliament speaker Ali Larijani attends a polling station during presidential elections in Qom, 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) ** FILE **

Iranian presidential elections in U.S. marked by low turnout

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu (left) of Israel and Donald Tusk of Poland talk before a meeting between members of their governments in Warsaw on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Mr. Netanyahu was in Poland for a two-day visit for talks with Mr. Tusk and the opening of a Holocaust exhibition at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns of another Holocaust from Iran

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

Qatar eliminated from 2014 World Cup qualifying

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Escorted by his bodyguards, pro-reform Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Reza Aref (center), a former vice president, arrives at his campaign rally in Tehran on June 10, 2013. The presidential election will be held on June 14. (Associated Press)

Reformist drops out of Iran’s presidential race

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Qatar eliminated from 2014 World Cup qualifying

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

** FILE ** Iranian navy speed boats attend a drill in the Sea of Oman on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. Iran's navy chief has reiterated for a second time in less than a week that his country can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a sixth of the world's oil flows. (AP Photo/IIPA, Ali Mohammadi)

Iran launches newly armed destroyer in Persian Gulf

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (third from left) flashes a victory sign during the inauguration of a space tracking center near Delijan, Iran, 125 miles south of Tehran, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Mahdi Marizad)

Iran says it has set up space monitoring center

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

**FILE** Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, speaks May 25, 2013, at a news conference at the World Economic Forum, in Southern Shuneh, southeast of Amman, Jordan. (Associated Press)

McCain hits U.S. policy on Syria, says Assad won’t end war

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the victory sign as he attends the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Iran’s Ahmadinejad survives ‘helicopter incident’ after emergency landing

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama talks about national security on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. (Associated Press)

Obama uses executive order to expand sanctions on Iran

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Soccer, politics at play in Iran-Qatar qualifier

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press