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MEK leader Maryam Rajavi called for a "firm European policy which necessarily requires lending support to the Iranian people's resistance [in order] to establish democracy and popular sovereignty" in Iran.

Iran dissidents in France call for change of regime

The Washington Times

From left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani hold hands in a show of solidarity after their trilateral meeting at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, on May 23. (Iranian Presidency Office via Associated Press)

India-Iran Chabahar port deal reveals tense Asian rivalries

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

GOP senators push for new Iran sanctions after missile tests

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei in Iran airs Holocaust denial video on International Remembrance Day

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this file picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader April 9, 2015, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of religious performers in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, File)

Ayatollah Khamenei warns Iran of U.S. ‘deceit’ after nuclear sanctions lifted

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this photo taken De. 18, 2015, President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the briefing room at the White House in Washington. On Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, the president signed emergency declaration and ordered federal aid for Flint, Mich., authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Homeland Security Department to coordinate relief efforts. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. lifts sanctions against Iran, says nuclear deal obligations have been met

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, discusses the Iran nuclear agreement during his speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington on Sept. 8, 2015. Lawmakers returning to Washington from their summer recess are plunging immediately into bitter, partisan debate over the Iran nuclear accord. The deal struck by Iran, the U.S. and five world powers in July is aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program in exchange for hundreds of billions of dollars in relief for economic sanctions. (Associated Press)

Harry Reid declares victory in Iran as Obama wins enough support for filibuster

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, whose home base of New York has a large Jewish population, is the most prominent Democratic opponent of the Iran nuclear deal, and polls show many of his constituents agree with him. (Associated Press)

Obama’s Iran nuclear deal a tough sell to American public, polls show

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 19, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama: Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t offered better ideas for Iran nuclear deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif waves to journalist from a balcony of the Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran continue in Vienna, Austria, Monday, July 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran wants world powers, especially Israel, to give up nuclear weapons: op-ed

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Madison Gesiotto Daily Briefing July 23, 2015

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Members of the Security Council vote at United Nations headquarters, Monday, July 20, 2015. The U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers and adopted a series of measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions that have hurt the Iranian economy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

U.N. endorses Iran nuclear deal with 6 world powers

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrives for an address to the nation after a nuclear agreement was announced in Vienna, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Rouhani said &quot;a new chapter&quot; has begun in his nation's relations with the world. He maintained that Iran had never sought to build a bomb, an assertion the U.S. and its partners have long disputed. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

RICHARD GRENELL: Iran negotiations a colossal waste of time

By Richard Grenell

ERNEST ISTOOK: Congress gave Obama the power to make a bad deal with Iran

By Ernest Istook

President Obama speaks at the NAACP's 106th national convention at the Philadelphia Convention Center, July 14, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Obama defends Iran nuclear deal as best chance for peace

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks in the garden of Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Sunday July 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran plans major celebration over nuclear deal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry speaks to President Obama prior to reaching a nuclear deal with Iran. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Iran nuclear talks deadlocked as U.S. refuses demand to lift all U.N. sanctions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iran executed at least 289 people in 2014, according to Amnesty International, making the Islamic republic the world's second most prolific practitioner of capital punishment. Women and children in Iran also struggle under harsh, discriminatory laws despite numerous calls for reform from human rights groups and the international community. (Associated Press)

Iran human rights abuses of women, children worsen amid Obama nuclear talks

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, May 30, 2015. Top U.S. and Iranian diplomats are gathering in Geneva this weekend, hoping to bridge differences over a nuclear inspection accord and economic sanctions on Tehran. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

U.S., Iran hold ‘intense’ nuclear talks: ‘We will try’ to meet deadline, Javad Zarif says

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2015 file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., left, talks with the committee's tanking member Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. on Capitol Hill in Washington. A bill calling for Congress to have a say about an emerging nuclear agreement with Iran has turned into a tug of war on Capitol Hill with Republicans trying to raise the bar so high that a final deal might be impossible and Democrats aiming to give the White House more room to negotiate with Tehran. Democratic and GOP senators are considering more than 50 amendments to a controversial bill introduced by Corker and Menendez. The bill would restrict Obama’s ability to ease sanctions against Iran without congressional approval.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Senators focusing on bill to limit nuclear deal with Iran

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press