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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers his sermon in the Friday prayers at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Iran's supreme leader said President Donald Trump is a "clown" who only pretends to support the Iranian people but will "push a poisonous dagger" into their backs, as he struck a defiant tone in his first Friday sermon in Tehran in eight years. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran ayatollah calls attack on U.S. bases blow to superpower

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Candles sit in front of pictures of victims at a candle light vigil to remember those killed in the Ukraine International Airlines plane crash, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Ottawa, Ontario. The civilian Ukrainian jetliner crashed near Tehran late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

US blames Iran for Ukrainian jetliner downing, pledges probe

By NASSER KARIMI and JOSEPH KRAUSS and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

Mourners place candles and photographs outside the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, during a vigil for those killed after a Ukrainian passenger jet crashed, killing at least 63 Canadians, just minutes after taking off from Iran's capital. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP)

The Latest: Iran invites US agency to help with crash probe

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In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets family of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in the U.S. airstrike in Iraq, at his home in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. Iran has vowed &quot;harsh retaliation&quot; for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

The Latest: Iraq seeks Security Council condemnation of US

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Mourners burn mock flags of the U.S. and Israel during a funeral ceremony for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran vow ‘severe revenge’ for Qassem Soleimani killing

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

After President Trump renounced the Iran nuclear deal in May 2018 and reimposed a string of harsh economic sanctions on Iran and its trading partners, Tehran and its regional proxies responded with a series of provocations that led to the U.S. strike. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump sparked Iran crisis with sanctions, renouncing nuclear deal

By David R. Sands and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Donald Trump gives evidence April 25, 2012, to the Scottish Parliament's Economy Energy and Tourism Committee in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Associated Press/Scottish Parliament)

Donald Trump repeatedly claimed Obama would take U.S. to war with Iran to win reelection

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting with members of the Revolutionary Guard's all-volunteer Basij force in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) ** FILE **

Iran’s leader vows ‘severe revenge,’ while Democrats question the legality of U.S. strike

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office shows a burning vehicle at the Baghdad International Airport following an airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, early Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump. (Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office via AP)

The Latest: Iran urges UN to condemn ‘criminal act’ by US

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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 9, 2018 file photo, Hua Qu, the wife of detained Chinese-American Xiyue Wang, poses for a photograph with a portrait of her family in Princeton, N.J. Iran's foreign minister says a detained Princeton graduate student will be exchanged for an Iranian scientist held by the U.S. Mohammed Javad Zarif made the announcement on Twitter on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. The trade involves graduate student Xiyue Wang and scientist Massoud Soleimani. Wang was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran for allegedly “infiltrating” the country and sending confidential material abroad. His family and Princeton strongly denied the claims. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Iran frees Chinese-American scholar for US-held scientist

By JON GAMBRELL and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Gharib Abadi, waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran alleges U.N. inspector tested positive for explosives

By Kiyoko Metzler, Philipp Jenne and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Demonstrators set fire to a rendition of the U.S. flag during a rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. Reviving decades-old cries of &quot;Death to America,&quot; Iran on Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the 1979 student takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the 444-day hostage crisis that followed as tensions remain high over the country's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran uranium enrichment doubled on embassy takeover anniversary

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, pauses in front of a Surface to Air Missile (Sayyad 2C) at the Iranian Materiel Display (IMD) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Iran envoy Brian Hook says Syria troop pullout will not empower Tehran

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before leaving on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. Trump is traveling to Texas and Ohio before heading to New York to attend the upcoming United Nations General Assembly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump seeks allies to fight Iran aggression at U.N. General Assembly

By Dave Boyer and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

During a trip organized by Saudi information ministry, a security guarder stands alert in front of Aramco's oil processing facility after the recent Sept. 14 attack on Aramco's oil processing facility in Abqaiq, near Dammam in the Kingdom's Eastern Province, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Saudi Arabia allowed journalists access Friday to the site of a missile-and-drone attack on a facility at the heart of the kingdom's oil industry, an assault that disrupted global energy supplies and further raised tensions between the U.S. and Iran. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Iran’s Guard says ready for ‘any scenario’ amid US standoff

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

The Saudi military displays what they say are an Iranian cruise missile and drones used in a recent attack on its oil industry at Saudi Aramco's facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais, during a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Donald Trump: Response to ‘Iranian attack’ on Saudi oil facility offers ‘many options’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. The weekend drone attack in Buqyaq on one of the world's largest crude oil processing plants that dramatically cut into global oil supplies is the most visible sign yet of how Aramco's stability and security is directly linked to that of its owner -- the Saudi government and its ruling family. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

The Latest: Official downplays imminent action against Iran

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In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, photo, workers walk in the Nihran Bin Omar field north near Basra, Iraq. An Iraqi oil official says employees of energy giant Exxon Mobil have started evacuating an oil field in the southern province of Basra, amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran. The first group left two days ago and another batch left early Saturday, May 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani) **FILE**

U.S. to pay up to $15 million for info on oil smuggling by Iranian military

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

US adds new sanctions and reward to further pressure Iran

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Rouhani back-pedaled Tuesday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise a meeting between the two would be a mere photo op. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran oil tanker pursued by U.S. turns off tracker near Syria

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press