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In this April 10, 2021, file photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian presidency, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, second from right, listens to the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi while visiting an exhibition of Iran's new nuclear achievements in Tehran, Iran. Iran's nuclear program has been targeted by diplomatic efforts and sabotage attacks over the last decade, with the latest incident striking its underground Natanz facility. The attack Sunday, April 11, 2021 at Natanz comes as world powers try to negotiate a return by Iran and the U.S. to Tehran's atomic accord. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP) **FILE**

Attack on Iran Natanz uranium enrichment plant threatens diplomacy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Iran's Natanz nuclear site suffered a problem Sunday, April 11, involving its electrical distribution grid just hours after starting up new advanced centrifuges that more quickly enrich uranium, state TV reported. It was the latest incident to strike one of Tehran's most-secured sites amid negotiations over the tattered atomic accord with world powers. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)

‘Suspicious’ blackout strikes Iran’s Natanz nuclear site

By Jon Gambrell and Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

People walk through closed Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Iran, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Iran on Saturday imposed partial lockdown on businesses in major shopping centers as well as intercity travels through personal cars in major cities including capital Tehran as it struggles with the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in the Mideast region. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran enforces 10-day lockdown amid fourth wave of pandemic

By Amir Vahdat - Associated Press

Russia's Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mikhail Ulyanov, arrives at the Grand Hotel Wien where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Foreign ministry officials from the countries still in the accord, the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, are meeting in Vienna to push forward efforts to bring the United States back into the 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)

Positive atmosphere, little progress in Iran nuclear talks

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

This photo released by Nournews on Thursday, April 8, 2021, shows the flooded engine room of the Iranian ship MV Saviz after being attacked in Red Sea off Yemen. An attack Tuesday on the Iranian cargo ship said to serve as a floating base for its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard off Yemen has escalated a yearslong shadow war on Mideast waters, just as world powers negotiate over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal. (Nournews via AP)

Analysis: Attack on Iran ship off Yemen escalates shadow war

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Jan. 4, 2021, file photo released by Tasnim News Agency, a seized South Korean-flagged tanker is escorted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats on the Persian Gulf. The South Korean oil tanker held for months by Iran amid a dispute over billions of dollars held in Seoul was leaving Iran early Friday, April 9, 2021. (Tasnim News Agency via AP, File)

Iran frees South Korean ship it held amid dispute over funds

By Isabel Debre and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This Oct. 1, 2020, satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows the Iranian cargo ship MV Saviz in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. The Iranian cargo ship, believed to be a base for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that has been anchored for years in the Red Sea off Yemen, has been attacked, Iranian state television acknowledged Wednesday, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)

Iran ship serving as Red Sea troop base near Yemen attacked

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, showing technicians at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, as officials and media visit the site, near Arak, 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Efforts to bring the United States back into the 2015 deal on Iran’s nuclear program are to step up a gear as Iran and the five world powers remaining in the accord meet in Vienna on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, while the U.S. is due to start indirect talks with Tehran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

U.S., Iran expected to begin indirect nuclear talks in Vienna

By Geir Moulson and Alex Schuller - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, debris at the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iranian media are quoting the outgoing military prosecutor of Tehran as saying that 10 officials have been indicted for the 2020 shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Iran prosecutor says 10 indicted for Ukraine plane shootdown

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This combined photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, shows Iranian diplomats attending a virtual talk on nuclear deal with representatives of world powers, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 2, 2021. The chair of the group including the European Union, China, France, Germany, Russia, Britain and Iran said that the participants "emphasized their commitment to preserve the JCPOA and discussed modalities to ensure the return to its full and effective implementation," according to a statement after their virtual meeting, referring to the acronym for the accord the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Abbas Araghchi, center, heads the Iranian diplomats. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Iran, world powers ready to welcome back U.S. to nuclear deal

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Iranian refineries are fueling defiance of U.S. sanctions imposed by the Trump administration. China has sent a lifeline to Tehran by tripling its purchases of oil from the nation since President Biden took office. (Associated Press)

China flouts Iran sanctions on oil as Trump-era pressure campaign crumbles

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A victory in the June contest by a figure more radical than current Iranian President Hassan Rouhani could escalate Iran’s demands at the bargaining table and its destabilizing policies in the region, analysts say, putting in danger any hope of saving the nuclear pact. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran presidential election complicates Biden bid to rejoin nuclear deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Performers play folklore music welcoming Persian New Year, or Nowruz, meaning &quot;New Day.&quot; in northern Tajrish Square, Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A New Year in Iran, but the country’s crises remain the same

By AMIR VAHDAT and ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

U.S. soldiers inspect the site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Ain al-Asad air base was struck by a barrage of Iranian missiles on Wednesday, in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed atop Iranian commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, whose killing raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan) ** FILE **

Two missile sites in western Iran used to target U.S. troops last year, dissident group says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday March 8, 2021 file photo, Richard Ratcliffe sands with his daughter Gabriella as they hold a photo of his wife and her mother, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, during a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in London. The supporters of a British-Iranian woman detained for five years in Iran says she has returned to court on fresh charges. The development casts uncertainty over her future following her release from prison last week. (Ian West/PA via AP, File)

British-Iranian woman back in court after 5 years in prison

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

This photo provided by AZ Films shows California based Iranian pop singer Sasy with American adult film actress Alexis Texas in the music video for &quot;Tehran Tokyo.&quot; on Feb 26, 2021 in Los Angeles. Iranian authorities have arrested multiple music producers connected to the California-based Iranian pop singer, his management company and Iranian media said Thursday, March 11, in Tehran’s latest effort to halt what it deems decadent Western behavior. (AZ Films via AP)

Iran cracks down on contentious pop music video with arrests

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)

Lawmakers urge Biden not to ignore Iran’s support for terrorism

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pilots from the 69th Bomb Squadron board B-52H Stratofortress bomber &quot;Wham Bam II&quot; in preparation for a flight over the Mideast on March 6, 2021, at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. A pair of B-52 bombers flew over the Mideast on Sunday, March 7, 2021, the latest such mission in the region aimed at warning Iran amid tensions between Washington and Tehran. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Josh W. Strickland via AP)

B-52s again fly over Mideast in US military warning to Iran

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Oct. 27, 2011, file photo, then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, offers his condolences to then Prince Salman bin Abdel-Aziz upon the death of his brother Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, at Prince Sultan palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. President Joe Biden is expected to speak to Saudi King Salman for the first time in Biden’s just over a month-old administration. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) ** FILE **

Khashoggi killing report used to ‘recalibrate’ U.S-Saudi relations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

EU sees must-not-miss chance to revive Iran nuclear deal

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