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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefs reporters at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. Pompeo has announced that the U.S. is canceling a 1955 treaty with Iran establishing economic relations and consular rights between the two nations. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

US terminates 1955 treaty with Iran after UN court ruling

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrives to address the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Hassan Rouhani accuses Trump of trying to overthrow Iran government

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Iran says US wants to overthrow govt, rejects two-way talks

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Iranian Students' News Agency, ISNA, wounded military personnel are carried into an ambulance after a shooting during a military parade marking the 38th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Gunmen disguised as soldiers attacked the annual Iranian military parade Saturday in the country's oil-rich southwest, killing several people and wounding otehrs in the bloodiest assault to strike the country in recent years. ( Alireza Mohammadi/ISNA via AP)

Iran blames U.S. for attack on military parade

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this April 4, 2018, file photo, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lock hands during a group photo in Ankara, Turkey. When the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran meet in Tehran Friday, Sept. 7, all eyes will be on their diplomacy averting a bloodbath in Idlib, Syria's crowded northwestern province and last opposition stronghold. The three leaders whose nations are all under U.S. sanctions have an interest in working together, but Idlib is complicated and they have little common ground. (Tolga Bozoglu/Pool Photo via AP, File)

The Latest: Syria says it’s committed to ‘liberate’ Idlib

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan right, shakes hands with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, prior to their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s Erdogan, Iranian FM meet to discuss Syria

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a session of the parliament while answering questions of lawmakers, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. Rouhani failed to convince parliament on Tuesday that his plans will pull the country out of an economic nosedive worsened by America's withdrawal from the nuclear deal, further isolating his relatively moderate administration amid nationwide anger. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran president fails to appease lawmakers in economic crisis

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

A United Nations flag flutters in the wind next to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, the Netherlands, Monday Aug. 27, 2018. Iran is going to the United Nations' highest court in a bid to have U.S. sanctions lifted. Iran filed the case with the International Court of Justice in July, claiming that sanctions the Trump administration imposed on May 8 breach a 1955 bilateral agreement known as the Treaty of Amity that regulates economic and consular ties between the two countries. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

US insists re-imposition of Iran sanctions is legal

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

2 alleged agents of Iran arrested for spying in US

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Illustration on the EU's sanction ploy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The EU’s sanctions ploy

By Jed Babbin

In this Tuesday, June 12, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. Mr. Trump has already met twice with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he is eager to re-create in Finland the heady experience that he had last month with Mr. Jong-un. That Singapore summit became a mass media event complete with powerful presidential images. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Iran tells N. Korea the U.S. is ‘untrustworthy’ and urges closer ties with Tehran

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani addresses the nation in a televised speech in Tehran on Aug. 6, 2018. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani struck a hard line Monday as the U.S. restored some sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP) **FILE**

The Latest: Bolton says sanctions not about regime change

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In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani addresses the nation in a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani struck a hard line Monday as the U.S. restored some sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Donald Trump reimposes sanctions on Iran that were lifted by Barack Obama

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo , right, speaks to European Union's Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini ahead of the at the 25th ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat in Singapore, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

The Latest: Trump re-imposes many sanctions on Iran

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This combination of two pictures shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, on July 22, 2018, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Rouhani says Trump’s ‘empty threats’ not worth a response

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a joint news conference as part of a meeting with Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz at the federal chancellery in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) **FILE**

Hassan Rouhani provoked Donald Trump Twitter threats against Iran, White House says

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

India cuts oil imports from Iran by a quarter in past year

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In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with a group of foreign ministry officials in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 22, 2018. Rouhani warned President Donald Trump against provoking his country while indicating peace between the two nations might still be possible. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP) **FILE**

The Latest: Trump tweets as US ramps up pressure on Iran

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In this file photo taken March 20, 2017, House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., questions then-FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's hearing regarding allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Jim Himes: Donald Trump threatening Iran for political points

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrives to a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. Rouhani said Saturday he opposed a parliamentary vote on the landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers, saying terms of the agreement will turn into legal obligation if it is passed by the house. Picture of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hangs on the wall. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani OK’d Paris bomb plot: National Council of Resistance of Iran

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times