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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

Illustration on Hezbollah by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Terrorist organization Hezbollah permits Lebanon to be rescued by the IMF

By Clifford D. May

Shopkeepers wearing protective face masks and gloves to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus sit in their shop at the Qazvin old traditional bazaar some 93 miles (150 kilometers) northwest of the capital Tehran Iran, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Iran is the COVID-19 hardest-hit country in the Mideast and one of the world's worst outbreaks of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran, like wider Mideast, relies on deliveries amid pandemic

By AMIR VAHDAT - 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-US tensions rise on Trump threat, Iran satellite launch

By ROBERT BURNS and DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this file photo released Wednesday, April 22, 2020, by Sepahnews, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division, stands in front of an Iranian rocket carrying a satellite in an undisclosed site believed to be in Iran's Semnan province. The Guard said Wednesday it put the Islamic Republic's first military satellite into orbit, dramatically unveiling what experts described as a secret space program with a surprise launch that came amid wider tensions with the United States. (Sepahnews via AP) ** FILE **

Trump ‘shoot down’ tweet, Iran satellite launch increase tensions

By Guy Taylor and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A biker wearing a face mask to curb the spread of the new coronavirus drives past a group of people selling hand sanitizer at a low price in Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran opens up as economic woes trump virus infection fears

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

FILE — In this March 30, 2020 file photo, people wearing protective clothing carry the body of a victim who died after being infected with the new coronavirus at a cemetery just outside Tehran, Iran. Even as both face the same invisible enemy in the coronavirus pandemic, Iran and the U.S. remain locked in retaliatory pressure campaigns that now view the outbreak as just the latest battleground. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Virus becomes latest battle between Iran, US amid tensions

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020 photo, a pedestrian walks past an army garrison adorned with portraits of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, top right, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran. Due to the coronavirus outbreak and the COVID-19 illness it causes, life has changed dramatically on Tehran's main highways, in the narrow corridors of its historical Grand Bazaar and in the public spaces under portraits of its leaders. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

AP PHOTOS: Virus stills Iran’s frenetic capital, Tehran

By EBRAHIM NOROOZI - Associated Press

Europe’s trade system with Iran finally makes first deal

Associated Press

In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020, photo, men carry their goods through mostly closed Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Iran. The new coronavirus ravaging Iran is cutting into celebrations marking the Persian New Year, known as Nowruz. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s Nowruz New Year, typically joyous, haunted by virus

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Illustration on corona outbreaks in Lebanon by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Iran’s Hezbollah virus infects Lebanon while attacking the world

By Clifford D. May

Pedestrians wearing face masks walk on a sidewalk in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of &quot;tens of thousands&quot; of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran raises death toll to 54 from new coronavirus

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

A worker disinfects a public bus against coronavirus in Tehran, Iran, in early morning of Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Iran's government said Tuesday that more than a dozen people had died nationwide from the new coronavirus, rejecting claims of a much higher death toll of 50 by a lawmaker from the city of Qom that has been at the epicenter of the virus in the country. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran raises its death toll to 19 amid 139 coronavirus cases

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Pedestrians wear masks to help guard against the Coronavirus, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. On Sunday Iran's health ministry raised the death toll from the new virus to 8 people in the country, amid concerns that clusters there, as well as in Italy and South Korea, could signal a serious new stage in its global spread. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from new virus in city of Qom

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

A policeman and pedestrians wear masks to help guard against the Coronavirus, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. On Sunday, Iran's health ministry raised the death toll from the new virus to 8 people in the country, amid concerns that clusters there, as well as in Italy and South Korea, could signal a serious new stage in its global spread. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

UAE bans Iran flights over virus; at least 15 dead in Iran

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

A soldier guards at a polling station during the parliamentary elections in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Iranians began voting for a new parliament Friday, with turnout seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership as sanctions weigh on the economy and isolate the country diplomatically. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran elections voter turnout lowest since Islamic Revolution

Associated Press

Medical staff checking passengers arriving from Iran in the airport in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Iraqi authorities are taking precautions at Najaf and other Iraqi airports, as well as at the border gates with Iran, after the discovery of the new virus that emerged in China in Iran. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Iran says voter turnout dips below 50% in a first since 1979

By Associated Press - Associated Press

A voter casts his ballot in the parliamentary elections in a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Iranians began voting for a new parliament Friday, with turnout seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership as sanctions weigh on the economy and isolate the country diplomatically. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran now says 5 dead out of 28 infected with new coronavirus

Associated Press

A voter shows his identification and inked finger while voting for the parliamentary elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Iranians began voting for a new parliament Friday, with turnout seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership as sanctions weigh on the economy and isolate the country diplomatically. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran’s hard-liners take early lead in Tehran after vote

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Posters of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections are displayed on a car, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Iranian authorities have barred thousands of parliamentary candidates from running, mainly reformists and moderates. Friday's elections could strengthen the hand of Iranian hard-liners, who champion confronting the West. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran votes in parliament elections that favor conservatives

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press