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A view of the Grace 1 supertanker is seen through the sea fog, in the British territory of Gibraltar, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, seized last month in a British Royal Navy operation off Gibraltar. The United States moved on Thursday to halt the release of the Iranian supertanker Grace 1, detained in Gibraltar for breaching EU sanctions on oil shipments to Syria, thwarting efforts by authorities in London and the British overseas territory to defuse tensions with Tehran. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Iranian oil tanker pursued by US says it is going to Turkey

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Pedestrians walk on a sidewalk in eastern Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency

By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

This Aug. 9, 2019, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc., that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies, shows activity at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province. Iran appears to be preparing to attempt another satellite launch after twice failing this year to put one in orbit, despite U.S. accusations that the Islamic Republic's program helps it develop ballistic missiles. (Planet Labs Inc, Middlebury Institute of International Studies via AP)

Images show Iran satellite launch looms despite US criticism

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

This undated image made from a video provided by the IRGC/IRIB shows a ship in the Persian Gulf. Iranian forces seized the ship, which it suspected of carrying smuggled fuel, state media reported Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, marking the Revolutionary Guard's third seizure of a vessel in recent weeks and the latest show of strength by the paramilitary force amid a spike in regional tensions. (IRGC/IRIB via AP)

U.S. move halts release of Iranian tanker held in Gibraltar

By Aritz Parra and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Designated head of Europe-Iran trade entity won’t take job

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In this Sunday, July 21, 2019, photo, a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard trains a weapon toward the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. (Morteza Akhoondi/Tasnim News Agency via AP) **FILE**

UAE and Iran hold rare talks in Tehran on maritime security

By AMIR VAHDAT and AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

In this June 19, 2019, file photo, Taha Shakouri, an 8-year-old boy suffering from liver cancer, plays at Mahak Children's Hospital in Tehran, Iran. From imported chemo and other medicines to those made domestically, many Iranians blame shortages on US sanctions. While the United States insists that medicines and humanitarian goods are exempt from sanctions, restrictions on trade have made many banks and companies across the world hesitant to do business with Iran, fearing punitive measures from Washington. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iranians say U.S. sanctions blocking access to needed medicine

By Mohammad Nasiri - Associated Press

The Iranian flag waves outside of the UN building that hosts the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, office inside in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran is at a crossroads. His administration is trying to decide whether to risk stoking international tensions even more by ending one of the last remaining components of the 2015 nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) **FILE**

Diplomats recommit to saving Iran deal, oppose US sanctions

By KIYOKO METZLER - Associated Press

A Maryam Rajavi poster hangs from an overpass in a major expressway in Tehran. After stealing the identity of a French diplomat in Jerusalem, Iran had him tweet that Ms. Rajavi, head of the biggest Iranian dissident group, had visited archenemy Israel to set anti-Iran strategy.

MEK actions result in daily resistance to the regime

By NCRI

In this Sunday, July 21, 2019 photo, two armed members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard inspect the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. Global stock markets were subdued Monday while the price of oil climbed as tensions in the Persian Gulf escalated after Iran's seizure of a British oil tanker on Friday. (Morteza Akhoondi/Mehr News Agency via AP)

How Washington backed itself into a corner with Iran

By Bonnie Kristian

This July 6, 2019 photo shows residential towers in District 22, that consists of apartment high-rises and shopping malls arranged around an artificial lake called Chitgar, under construction on the northwestern edge of Tehran, Iran. Iran’s large middle class has been hit hard by the fallout from unprecedented U.S. sanctions, including the collapse of the national currency. Perhaps most devastating has been the doubling of housing prices. The spike has uprooted tenants and made home ownership unattainable for most. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

US sanctions squeeze Iran middle class, upend housing sector

By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMAD NASIRI - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens to a question during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump: Iran making it ‘harder for me to want to make a deal’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this undated photo issued Friday July 19, 2019, by Stena Bulk, showing the British oil tanker Stena Impero at unknown location, which is believed to have been captured by Iran. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced on their website Friday July 19, 2019, it has seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest provocation in a strategic waterway that has become a flashpoint in the tensions between Tehran and the West. (Stena Bulk via AP)

Iran seizes British tanker in Strait of Hormuz

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this May 1, 2019, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) transits the San Diego Bay in San Diego, Calif. President Donald Trump says the USS Boxer destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Trump says it's the latest &quot;hostile&quot; action by Iran. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse Monford/U.S. Navy via AP)

Iran denies U.S. destroyed an Iranian drone near Persian Gulf

By Amir Vahdat and Darlene Superville and Robert Burns - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Police News Agency, shows boxes of machinery used in Bitcoin &quot;mining&quot; operations that were confiscated by police in Nazarabad, Iran. Squeezed by sanctions and fueled by subsidized electricity, Iranians and others lured to the country increasingly are turning to Bitcoin and other digital cryptocurrencies. Some mine for the currency. That involves harnessing the power of their computers to verify and secure other users’ transactions around the world so that the same bitcoin isn’t spent twice. They are given new bitcoins as rewards. (News.police.ir via AP)

Bitcoin craze hits Iran as U.S. sanctions squeeze weak economy

By Jon Gambrell and Amir Vahdat - Associated Press

This undated Ministry of Defence handout shows the HMS Duncan, a Type 45 Destroyer, which will relieve HMS Montrose in the region as Iran threatens to disrupt shipping. Iran on Friday, July 12, 2019 demanded the British navy release an Iranian oil tanker seized last week off Gibraltar, accusing London of playing a “dangerous game” and threatening retribution. British media reported a second warship, the destroyer HMS Duncan, was being sent to the Persian Gulf to operate alongside the Royal Navy’s HMS Montrose frigate and American forces, and would be there in a few days. The British Ministry of Defense refused to comment. (Ben Sutton/Ministry of Defence via AP)

The Latest: Iran FM says US sanctions ‘economic terrorism’

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In this Monday, June 10, 2019, file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a press conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas after their talks in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) ** FILE **

Mohammad Javad Zarif, top Iran diplomat, says talks on ballistic missiles possible

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, shakes hand with French presidential envoy Emmanuel Bonne, as they pose for photos, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. France sent Bonne to Tehran to urge Iran to return to complying with the terms of the deal &quot;without delay.&quot; (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The Latest: Iran says it helped a tanker with tow to harbor

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In this Feb. 3, 2019, file photo, an Iranian clergyman looks at domestically built surface-to-surface missiles displayed by the Revolutionary Guard in a military show marking the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) ** FILE **

Iran ready to negotiate on its missiles, Mike Pompeo says

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A view of the Grace 1 super tanker near a Royal Marine patrol vessel in the British territory of Gibraltar, Thursday, July 4, 2019. Spain's acting foreign minister says a tanker stopped off Gibraltar and suspected of taking oil to Syria was intercepted by British authorities after a request from the United States. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

The Latest: Israeli PM: EU-Iran deal same as bowing to Nazis

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