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In this photo released on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, a missile is launched in a drill in Iran. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard conducted a drill Saturday launching anti-warship ballistic missiles at a simulated target in the Indian Ocean, state television reported, amid heightened tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program and a U.S. pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard/Sepahnews via AP)

Iran kicks off ground forces drill on coast of Gulf of Oman

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Biden failure Middle East illustration by The Washington Times

Tired of winning, Biden opts for failure in the Middle East

By Sam Faddis

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020 file photo, released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani, right, welcomes Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi for their meeting in Tehran, Iran. Iran urged the United Nations' nuclear watchdog to avoid publishing “unnecessary” details on Tehran’s nuclear program, state TV reported Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, a day after Germany, France and Britain said Tehran has “no credible civilian use” for its development of uranium metal. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)

Iran asks watchdog not to publish ‘unnecessary’ nuke details

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Iranian Guard holds anti-warship ballistic missile drill

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In this photo released on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, missiles are launched in a drill in Iran. Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces on Friday held a military exercise involving ballistic missiles and drones in the country's central desert, state TV reported, amid heightened tensions over Tehran's nuclear program and a U.S. pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard/Sepahnews via AP)

Iran’s Guard holds ballistic missile drill amid tensions

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In this Feb. 3, 2007 file photo, a technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) **FILE**

Will Biden lift sanctions on Iran? Crisis Group says he should

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 3, 2007 file photo, a technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) **FILE**

UN watchdog confirms another Iranian breach of nuclear deal

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

EU warns Iran enrichment moves could imperil nuclear deal

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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media prior to meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah at the State Department in Washington. Pompeo announced Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, that the State Department is voiding longstanding restrictions on how U.S. diplomats and others have contact with their counterparts in Taiwan, another move that is expected to upset China as the Trump administration winds to an end. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Pompeo calls on world to stand up against Iran’s threat to expel U.N. inspectors

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2020 file photo, the partner of Julia Sologub, a member of the flight crew of the Ukrainian 737-800 plane that crashed on the outskirts of Tehran, reacts as he holds a portrait of her at a memorial inside Borispil International Airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine. More questions than answers remain about the disaster that killed 176 people on board the Ukrainian jetliner, a year after Iran’s military mistakenly downed the plane with surface-to-air missiles. Officials in Canada, which was home to many of the passengers on the doomed plane, and other affected countries have raised concerns about the lack of transparency and accountability in Iran’s investigation of its own military. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

A year on, questions haunt Iran’s downing of Ukrainian plane

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

In this photo released Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, by Tasnim News Agency, the MT Hankuk Chemi, a South Korean-flagged tanker is escorted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats on the Persian Gulf. Iranian state television acknowledged that Tehran seized the oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The report on Monday alleged the MT Hankuk Chemi had been stopped by Iranian authorities over alleged “oil pollution” in the Persian Gulf and the strait. (Tasnim News Agency via AP)

South Korean tanker was boarded by armed Iran Guard forces

By Hyung-jin Kim and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this Sept. 7, 2020, file photo released by the U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz transits the Arabian Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

USS Nimitz to stay in Middle East amid threats from Iran

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Iran deal by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why going back to Iran nuclear deal is folly

By James Jay Carafano and Adam Milstein

This Nov. 4, 2020, satellite photo by Maxar Technologies shows Iran's Fordo nuclear site. Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the U.S. over its atomic program, satellite photos obtained Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, by The Associated Press show. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Iran plans 20% uranium enrichment ‘as soon as possible’

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, April 15, 2020, photo made available by U.S. Navy, Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels sail close to U.S. military ships in the Persian Gulf near Kuwait. (U.S. Navy via AP) **FILE**

Iran warns U.S., Israel not to cross ‘red lines’ as war of words heats up

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump watch as the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team descend during a &quot;Salute to America&quot; event on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, July 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump taunts Tehran with ‘some friendly health advice’ amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Trump tweeted: Our embassy in Baghdad got hit Sunday by several rockets. Three rockets failed to launch. Guess where they were from: IRAN... " (Screenshot from President Trump's Twitter feed)

Donald Trump threatens retaliation if Iran-backed groups target Americans

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo made available by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile submarine USS Georgia, front, with the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal, transit the Strait of Hormuz in Persian Gulf, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. The vessels traversed the strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula on Monday, the U.S. Navy said, a rare announcement that comes amid rising tensions with Iran. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Indra Beaufort/U.S. Navy via AP)

Trump Iran pressure imperils Biden nuclear deal return desire

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Heiko Maas, German Foreign Minister, puts on his mouth-nose protection at the end of the press conference on the informal virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of the member states of the Vienna nuclear agreement in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Iran urged not to squander chance to salvage nuclear deal

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2020, file photo, people wear protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in downtown Tehran, Iran. Though Iran faces crushing U.S. sanctions, there still remain ways for Tehran to obtain coronavirus vaccines as it suffers the Mideast's worst outbreak of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

EXPLAINER: Iran, despite sanctions, has routes to vaccines

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press