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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, talks with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Zarif's visit to New Delhi comes within days of the United States ending its waiver to India that allowed it to buy Iranian oil without facing American sanctions. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Iran foreign minister visits India amid falling oil revenue

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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Rouhani said Wednesday that it will begin keeping its excess uranium and heavy water from its nuclear program, setting a 60-day deadline for new terms to its nuclear deal with world powers before it will resume higher uranium enrichment. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Hassan Rouhani says Iran pressured by Trump sanctions

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, May 9, 2019, file photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Suez Canal in Egypt. The aircraft carrier and its strike group are deploying to the Persian Gulf on orders from the White House to respond to an unspecified threat from Iran. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dan Snow, U.S. Navy via AP)

US deployments across Mideast factor in Iran tensions

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 31, 2012 file photo, an Iranian worker cuts a steel roll at the Mobarakeh Steel Complex, some 280 miles (460 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, and some 40 miles, 65 kilometers, southwest of central Iranian city of Isfahan. President Donald Trump ordered new sanctions on Iran Wednesday targeting Iran's steel, aluminum, copper and iron sectors, which provide foreign currency earnings for the nation's sagging economy. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

US sanctions to hit Iran’s metals industry, a major employer

By NASSER KARIMI and MEHDI FATTAHI - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 14, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP)

The Latest: Iran brushes off US decision on sanction waivers

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Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump hold up the signed proclamation recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights as Netanyahu leaves the White House in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Iran to ‘resist’ Trump decision on Israel’s hold over Golan

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

In this Nov. 24, 2015, file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, listens to his Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif prior to a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani is planning to make his first official visit to Iraq Monday, March 11, 2019, as he faces mounting pressure from hard-liners at home in the wake of the unravelling of the nuclear deal under the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran’s Hassan Rouhani seeks to boost ties on first visit to Baghdad

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shake hands at a news conference at Lazienki Palace, Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

U.S., Poland launch Mideast conference despite uncertain aims

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second left, meets Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, second right, and their delegations, at the ministry of foreign affairs in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Pompeo is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian leaders as he continues a nine-nation Middle East tour aimed at reassuring America's Arab partners that the Trump administration is not walking away from the region. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

Mike Pompeo slams Obama-era Mideast ‘retreat,’ calls on allies to help isolate Iran

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People buy the latest iPhone while others try out its latest model at an Apple Store in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ** FILE **

The Latest: Trump says he could intervene in Huawei case

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In this photo provided Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, by the Iranian Army, a Sayyad 2 missile is fired by the Talash air defense system during drills in an undisclosed location in Iran. Iran greeted the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Monday with air defense drills and a statement from President Hassan Rouhani that the nation faces a "war situation," raising Mideast tensions as America's maximalist approach to the Islamic Republic takes hold. (Iranian Army via AP)

Trump admin. condemns Iran’s ballistic missile test, wants EU to reimpose sanctions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this June 19, 2018 file photo, Iran's Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh speaks to journalists at a hotel in Vienna, Austria. On Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, Iranian state TV quoted the minster as predicting a painful time for international oil customers as U.S. sanctions take hold, saying waivers that Washington granted to eight major oil-importing countries are not enough for market demands. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) **FILE**

Iran warns oil customers of ‘painful’ ride as U.S. sanctions take hold

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo provided by China's Ministry of Transport, firefighting boats work to put on a blaze on the oil tanker Sanchi in the East China Sea off the eastern coast of China. The U.S.'s self-described &quot;largest-ever&quot; sanctions list targeting Iran includes the oil tanker that already sunk and a bank long since closed. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a tweet late Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, called the re-imposition of sanctions a desperate move and said they target ordinary Iranians. (Ministry of Transport via AP, File)

The Latest: Iran minister unhappy with OPEC committee stance

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Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks during the Saviours' Day annual convention at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) ** FILE **

Louis Farrakhan under renewed fire for leading ‘Death to America’ chant in Iran

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

An effigy of U.S. government icon &quot;Uncle Sam&quot; is held up by demonstrators during a rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, marking the 39th anniversary of the seizure of the embassy by militant Iranian students. Thousands of Iranians rallied in Tehran on Sunday to mark the anniversary as Washington restored all sanctions lifted under the nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Latest: Turkish envoy calls US sanctions on Iran unwise

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, present details of the new sanctions on Iran, at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Trump admits concern about Iran and oil prices

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Israel PM praises restoration of US sanctions on Iran

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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, an exchange shop displays rates for various currencies, in downtown Tehran, Iran. A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president’s biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions to be re-imposed on Iran early next month won’t be tough enough. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Trump faces complaints that new Iran sanctions are too weak

By MATTHEW LEE and SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Illustration on Iran's testing of Trump's Middle-east strategic thinking by Linas Garsys/the Washington Times

Testing Trump’s Iran strategy

By Ilan Berman

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, an exchange shop displays rates for various currencies, in downtown Tehran, Iran. A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president’s biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions to be re-imposed on Iran early next month won’t be tough enough. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Trump faces complaints that new Iran sanctions are too weak

By MATTHEW LEE and SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press