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In this photo released on Friday, March 20, 2020 by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei poses for a portrait prior to delivering his message for the Iranian New Year, or Nowruz, in Tehran, Iran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani in separate new year messages vowed to overcome the new coronavirus and increase economic growth. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran issues coronavirus mask mandate

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a media conference after a meeting, Supporting the future of Syria and the Region, in videoconference format at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

EU says Iran has triggered nuclear deal dispute mechanism

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

This photo released Thursday, July 2, 2020, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows a building after it was damaged by a fire, at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. A fire burned the building above Iran's underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, though officials say it did not affect its centrifuge operation or cause any release of radiation. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran sought to downplay the fire Thursday, calling it an &quot;incident&quot; that only affected an &quot;industrial shed.&quot; (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

Iran will not disclose cause of mysterious nuclear site fire

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, rescue workers search the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of Tehran, Iran. Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde said Thursday, July 1, 2020 that Iran had agreed to compensate the families’ of the foreign victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down outside Tehran in January. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Sweden: Iran to compensate Ukraine plane crash victims

By DAVID KEYTON and JAN M. OLSEN - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, June 24, 2020 file photo, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington. On Tuesday, June 30, 2020, Pompeo and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif are scheduled to address a U.N. Security Council meeting on implementation of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that the Trump administration pulled out of as tensions between the two countries escalate. Tuesday's long-scheduled council meeting comes a day after Iran issued an arrest warrant for President Donald Trump and dozens of others for alleged involvement in the killing of an Iranian general. A key issue at Tuesday’s meeting is expected to be U.S. opposition to the lifting of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran in October. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)

Pompeo urges UN arms embargo on Iran’s `terrorist regime’

By EDITH M. LEDERER and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gives thumbs after speaking with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018 file photo, Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, speaks at the Iranian Materiel Display at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. An expiring United Nations weapons embargo on Iran must remain in place to prevent it from &quot;becoming the arms dealer of choice for rogue regimes and terrorist organizations around the world,&quot; Hook told The Associated Press on Sunday, June 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

AP Interview: US envoy calls for Iran arms embargo renewal

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Sunday, June 21, 2020 photo actress Esti Yerushalmi, a cast member in &quot;Tehran&quot; speaks in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel’s latest hit TV series takes its viewers straight into the heart of the country’s archenemy Iran. &quot;Tehran” tells the story of a young Mossad operative tasked with hacking into and disabling the Iranian nuclear reactor so the Israeli military can carry out an airstrike. It’s a story arc that touches on many of the region’s most pressing fault lines. It’s also the latest episode in the golden age of Israeli television, with Apple TV+ purchasing the rights to the eight-part series. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

New Israeli espionage TV series tackles shadow war with Iran

By ISAAC SCHARF and ARON HELLER - Associated Press

This June 21, 2020 photo from the European Commission's Sentinel-2 satellite shows a site before an explosion June 26, 2020, that rattled Iran’s capital. Analysts say the blast came from an area in Tehran’s eastern mountains they hides a underground tunnel system and missile production sites. (European Commission via AP)

Satellite image: Iran blast was near suspected missile site

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives for a press conference at the State Department, Wednesday, June 24, 2020 in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

U.S. says if no arms embargo on Iran it will seek UN sanctions

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the inauguration of the new parliament in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May, 27, 2020. Iran convened its newly elected parliament, dominated by conservative lawmakers and under strict social distancing regulations, as the country struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus that has hit the nation hard. Iran is grappling with one of the deadliest outbreaks in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

Hassan Rouhani, Iran president, expresses solidarity with North Korea against ‘common enemy’ U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

General view of the board of governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran’s Rouhani warns UN agency over nuke site access demands

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Report: Iran arrests founder of student charity, 2 aides

Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the Office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Presidency via AP) ** FILE **

Britain, France, Germany urge Iran to allow atomic site access, reject U.S. sanctions push

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 file photo Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi from Argentina addresses the media during a news conference during a general confernce of the IAEA, at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. The board of the United Nations' atomic watchdog agency on Friday adopted a resolution calling for Iran to provide inspectors access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)

Germany, France, UK press Iran to provide atomic site access

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 16, 2020, photo, nurses tend to COVID-19 patients at the Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital in Tehran, Iran. After months of fighting the coronavirus, Iran only just saw its highest single-day spike in reported cases after Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that celebrates the end of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Months into virus, biggest one-day case spike worries Iran

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

A man walks past a painting on a wall with writing in the Dari Language reading &quot;We cannot breath&quot; during a protest themed Killings of Afghans in Iran in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 15, 2020. The violent deaths of Afghan refugees inside Iran has sparked an uproar despite denials from Tehran. (AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul)

Afghans allege Iran police involved in attacks on refugees

By RAHIM FAIEZ and TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Iran news agency head convicted for interviewee’s spy remark

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE — In this March 1, 2020 file photo, a medic treats a patient infected with coronavirus, at a hospital in Tehran, Iran. Dozens of medical staffers have died of COVID-19 in Iran. Doctors and nurses and other staffers have been hard hit. During the first 90 days of the virus outbreak alone, about one medical staffer died each day. (Ali Shirband/Mizan News Agency via AP, File)

Doctors and nurses suffered as Iran ignored virus concerns

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, top centre, reviews army troops marching during the 38th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, outside Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Gunmen attacked the military parade, killing at least eight members of the elite Revolutionary Guard and wounding 20 others, state media said. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran aggression to compensate for military blunders likely, analysts warn

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times