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Protesters burn a U.S. flag during a demonstration over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 3, 2020. Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" 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, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

America is righteous, Iran is the sponsor of terror

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An Israeli drone circles over Gaza City on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Drone attacks in Middle East are terrorists’ equalizer

By Seth J. Frantzman

Renamed Adrian Aryra 1 super tanker hosting an Iranian flag sails in the waters in the British territory of Gibraltar, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected the United States' latest request not to release a seized Iranian supertanker, clearing the way for the vessel to set sail after being detained last month for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Iranian tanker sought by US heading toward Greece

By CIARAN GILES and HERNAN MUNOZ RATTO - Associated Press

A view of the Grace 1 super tanker with the name removed is seen in the British territory of Gibraltar, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. The shipping agent for an Iranian supertanker caught in a diplomatic standoff says the vessel is ready to depart Gibraltar in &quot;24 to 48 hours,&quot; despite a last-minute effort by the United States to seize it again. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Iranian tanker sought by US heads to unknown destination

By ARITZ PARRA and HERNAN MUÑOZ - Associated Press

A picture taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 shows, a U.S. F-18 fighter jet, left, land on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as a U.S. destroyer sells on alongside during fly exercises in the Persian Gulf. The Carrier sailed from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

John Bolton says ships bombers to Middle East

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on labeling Iran's Revolutionary Guard a Foreign Terrorist organization by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump names Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for what it is, a terrorist organization

By Cal Thomas

In this Feb. 11, 2019 file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guard members attend a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square in Tehran, Iran. On Monday, April 8, 2019, the Trump administration designated Irans Revolutionary Guard a foreign terrorist organization in an unprecedented move against a national armed force. Irans Revolutionary Guard Corps went from being a domestic security force with origins in the 1979 Islamic Revolution to a transnational fighting force. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran retaliates after revolutionary guard terror designation

By Lauren Toms, Lauren Meier and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 11, 2019, file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guard members arrive for a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) ** FILE **

Donald Trump designates Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organization

By Lauren Toms, Tom Howell Jr. and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

US targets network backing Iran’s use of child soldiers

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Iranian protestors burn a representation of a U.S. flag during a gathering after their Friday prayer in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 11, 2018. Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in cities across the country to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with world powers. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

White House slams Iran for spreading terror in Middle East

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Iraqi soldiers prepare to cast their votes in early voting for Iraq's security forces, prisoners and hospital patients ahead of Saturday's national parliamentary elections, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 10, 2018. The vote will be the first since Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State group and the fourth since the 2003 U.S.-led toppling of Saddam Hussein. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraqi election: Shiite split could check Iran’s influence

By Tamara Emad and Gilgamesh Nabeel — Special to The Washington Times

"We announce that we are fully prepared and ready to stand as one with the Lebanese people with the Palestinian cause," said Qais al-Khazali, the Baghdad-born leader of the Iraqi-based Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia. (Associated Press/File)

Qais al-Khazali, Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia leader, takes Iran’s fight to Israel

By Seth J. Frantzman