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In this image taken from aboard a Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter patrolling the Gulf as part of the International Maritime Security Construct, shows the MV Stena Impero, background, as it sails from the port at Bandar Abbas, Iran, after being released by Iranian officials Friday Sept. 27, 2019. Iran on Friday released the British-flagged oil tanker it had seized in July 2019, while the country’s president, returning from an annual United Nations meeting, said he had been told the United States had offered to lift sanctions if Tehran returned to the negotiating table over its nuclear program. (Dan Rosenbaum/British Royal Navy via AP)

Iran says oil tanker struck by missiles off Saudi Arabia

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This photo released by the official news agency of the Iranian Oil Ministry, SHANA, shows Iranian oil tanker Sabiti traveling through the Red Sea Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Two missiles struck the Iranian tanker Sabiti traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S. (SHANA via AP)

The Latest: Iran: 2 missiles hit oil tanker off Saudi coast

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Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim, right, meets with his visiting Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Report: Iran plans to start using more advanced centrifuges

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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, directly ordered the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, according to a report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran. (Associated Press/File)

Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei ordered Saudi oil strike, exiles say

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani briefs media at Mehrabad airport pavilion upon arriving in Tehran from New York, where he attended the United Nations General Assembly, Iran, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. Rouhani said U.S. sanctions on his country are "more unstable than ever." (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Donald Trump slams Iran’s claim he vowed to ease sanctions in pursuit of one-on-one summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Analysis: After UN visit, Iran faces diminishing choices

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

The Latest: Saudi Arabia urges pressure on Iran

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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani walks towards the podium before addressing the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Iran president warns of a region ‘on the edge of collapse’

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani, right, shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during their meeting on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Donald Trump seeks Hassan Rouhani back channel talks at U.N.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson boards his plane at London's Heathrow Airport as he heads off for the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York, Sunday Sept. 22, 2019. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

The Latest: European powers push for new talks with Iran

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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani reviews a military parade marking 39th anniversary of outset of Iran-Iraq war, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. Rouhani said Sunday his country should lead regional security in the strategic Persian Gulf and warned against the presence of foreign forces, as the country's nuclear deal with world powers collapses and the U.S. deployed more troops to boost security for its Arab allies. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Hassan Rouhani, Iran president, vows to lead Persian Gulf ‘energy security’

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

In this July 21, 2019, photo, a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard moves around a British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The assault on the beating heart of Saudi Arabia’s vast oil empire follows a new and dangerous pattern that’s emerged across the Persian Gulf this summer of precise attacks that leave few obvious clues of who launched them. (Hasan Shirvani/Mizan News Agency via AP) **FILE**

Iran warns U.S. of response to any action over Saudi attack

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 file photo, a satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. The assault on the beating heart of Saudi Arabia's vast oil empire follows a new and dangerous pattern that's emerged across the Persian Gulf this summer of precise attacks that leave few obvious clues of who launched them. (Planet Labs Inc via AP, File)

The Latest: UN chief: Experts on way to probe Saudi attacks

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The Saudi military displays what they say are an Iranian cruise missile and drones used in a recent attack on its oil industry at Saudi Aramco's facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais, during a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Donald Trump: Response to ‘Iranian attack’ on Saudi oil facility offers ‘many options’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This image provided on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, by the U.S. government and DigitalGlobe and annotated by the source, shows damage to the infrastructure at at Saudi Aramco's Kuirais oil field in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. The drone attack Saturday on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq plant and its Khurais oil field led to the interruption of an estimated 5.7 million barrels of the kingdom's crude oil production per day, equivalent to more than 5% of the world's daily supply. (U.S. government/Digital Globe via AP)

The Latest: Saudi minister: 50% of crude reduction restored

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In this July 21, 2019, photo, a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard moves around a British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The assault on the beating heart of Saudi Arabia’s vast oil empire follows a new and dangerous pattern that’s emerged across the Persian Gulf this summer of precise attacks that leave few obvious clues of who launched them. (Hasan Shirvani/Mizan News Agency via AP) **FILE**

AP Analysis: Saudi oil attack part of dangerous new pattern

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

This image provided on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, by the U.S. government and DigitalGlobe and annotated by the source, shows damage to the infrastructure at Saudi Aramco's Abaqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. The drone attack Saturday on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq plant and its Khurais oil field led to the interruption of an estimated 5.7 million barrels of the kingdom's crude oil production per day, equivalent to more than 5% of the world's daily supply. (U.S. government/Digital Globe via AP)

Energy prices spike after Saudi oil attack; U.S. blaming Iran

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. The weekend drone attack in Buqyaq on one of the world's largest crude oil processing plants that dramatically cut into global oil supplies is the most visible sign yet of how Aramco's stability and security is directly linked to that of its owner -- the Saudi government and its ruling family. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Trump says US locked and loaded in response to drone attack

By ZEKE MILLER and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

This image provided on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, by the U.S. government and DigitalGlobe and annotated by the source, shows damage to the infrastructure at at Saudi Aramco's Kuirais oil field in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. The drone attack Saturday on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq plant and its Khurais oil field led to the interruption of an estimated 5.7 million barrels of the kingdom's crude oil production per day, equivalent to more than 5% of the world's daily supply. (U.S. government/Digital Globe via AP)

The Latest: Saudis to invite global experts to investigate

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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Albuquerque, N.M. for a campaign rally, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Iran likely behind Saudi Arabia oil attacks, Donald Trump says

By Lauren Toms, Tom Howell Jr. and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times