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This Dec. 11, 2020, satellite photo by Maxar Technologies shows construction at Iran's Fordo nuclear facility. 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 builds at underground nuclear facility amid US tensions

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Members of the 'Council of Resistance of Iran' demonstrate in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 for the reactivation of the sanctions resolutions of the UN Security Council against Iran. A bilateral meeting as part of the nuclear talks with Iran is taking place in Austria. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran nuclear deal members urge Tehran return to compliance

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Illustration on reimplementation of the Iran nuclear deal by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Expectations regarding U.S. re-implementing Iran nuclear deal should be tempered

By Tom Ridge

A billboard carries a portrait of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist linked to the country's nuclear program who was killed by unknown assailants last month, at the site of his killing in Absard, east of the capital, Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Iran's supreme leader and the country's president both warned the United States on Wednesday that the departure of President Donald Trump does not immediately mean better relations between the two nations. The billboard also shows other slain nuclear scientists. The Persian reads: &quot;the site of ascension of martyred scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh to heaven.&quot; (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran leaders: Biden arrival won’t guarantee better relations

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks during a joint news conference with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Following the approval of European leaders Friday Dec. 11, 2020 of expanding sanctions against Ankara, Turkey called on the European Union to act as an 'honest mediator' in its dispute with EU members Greece and Cyprus over the exploration of gas reserves in the Mediterranean. The leaders said early Friday that Turkey has &quot;engaged in unilateral actions and provocations and escalated its rhetoric against the EU.&quot;&quot;(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey summons Iranian ambassador over Azeri poem tensions

Associated Press

Members of a Turkish forces commando brigade take part in a military parade in which Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, looked on in Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. The massive parade was held in celebration of the peace deal with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh that saw Azerbaijan reclaim much of the separatist region along with surrounding areas. (AP Photo)

Iran summons Turkish ambassador over Erdogan remarks in Baku

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, military personnel stand near the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a scientist who was killed on Friday, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Fakhrizadeh founded Iran's military nuclear program two decades ago, and the Islamic Republic's defense minister vowed to continue the man's work "with more speed and more power." (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killing alters Biden Iran relations path

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, military personnel stand near the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a scientist who was killed on Friday, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Fakhrizadeh founded Iran's military nuclear program two decades ago, and the Islamic Republic's defense minister vowed to continue the man's work &quot;with more speed and more power.&quot; (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Iran says Israel remotely killed military nuclear scientist

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi pays his respect to the body of slain scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh among his family, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. Iranian officials have blamed Israel for the killing of Fakhrizadeh who led Tehran's disbanded military nuclear program. (Mizan News Agency via AP)

Iran newspaper: Strike Haifa if Israel killed scientist

By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

This photo released by the semi-official Fars News Agency shows the scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small city just east of the capital, Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist that Israel alleged led the Islamic Republic's military nuclear program until its disbanding in the early 2000s was “assassinated” Friday, state television said. (Fars News Agency via AP)

Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge over slain scientist

By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

This photo released by the semi-official Fars News Agency shows the scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small city just east of the capital, Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist that Israel alleged led the Islamic Republic's military nuclear program until its disbanding in the early 2000s was assassinated Friday, state television said. (Fars News Agency via AP)

Iran scientist linked to military nuclear program killed

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this frame grab from Iranian state television video aired Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, is seen in Tehran, Iran. Iran has freed Moore-Gilbert, who has been detained in Iran for more than two years, in exchange for three Iranians held abroad, state TV reported Wednesday. (Iranian State Television via AP)

Thailand approved transfer of 3 Iranians as Australian freed

By Tassanee Vejpongsa and Nick Perry - Associated Press

In this frame grab from Iranian state television video aired Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert is seen in Tehran, Iran. Iran has freed Moore-Gilbert, who has been detained in Iran for more than two years, in exchange for three Iranians held abroad, state TV reported Wednesday. (Iranian State Television via AP)

Iran says British-Australian academic freed for 3 Iranians

By Amir Vahdat - Associated Press

Illustration on an assassination in Iran by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Abu Muhammad al-Masri’s assassination exposes relations between Tehran and al Qaeda

By Clifford D. May

Mourners carry the body of a person who died from COVID-19 at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. The cemetery is struggling to keep up with the coronavirus pandemic ravaging Iran, with double the usual number of bodies arriving each day and grave diggers excavating thousands of new plots. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran closes businesses, curtails travel amid virus surge

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Gen. Hossein Dehghan, a military advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Dehghan said the Israeli strikes were a violation of Syria's sovereignty. Israeli warplanes struck Iran-linked targets in Syria overnight after troops uncovered roadside bombs along the frontier in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran candidate tells AP: US attack risks ‘full-fledged war’

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

A supporter of Iran backed militia holds a poster of Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, while others burning the building of Dijala local TV channel accusing it of broadcasting songs and dance on the holy Shiite day of Ashura in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Abu Muhammea al-Masri hit reveals Iran-al Qaeda links

By Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Iran says opposition leader tested positive for coronavirus

Associated Press

A cemetery worker prepares new graves at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery on the outskirts of the Iranian capital, Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. The cemetery is one of the world’s largest with 1.6 million people buried on its grounds, which stretch across more than 5 square kilometers, but it is struggling to keep up with the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the country. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

In Iran, a massive cemetery struggles to keep up with virus

By Mohammad Nasiri - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. On Sunday, Rouhani called on President-elect Joe Biden to &quot;compensate for past mistakes&quot; and return the U.S. to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran’s president calls on Biden to return to nuclear deal

Associated Press