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Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim, right, shakes hands with his visiting Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq offers to mediate U.S.-Iran crisis

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo, released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s supreme leader has publicly chastised the country’s moderate president and foreign minister, saying he disagreed with the implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal they had negotiated with world powers. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iraq offers to mediate in crisis between its allies Iran, US

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

In this Monday, May 20, 2019 photo, an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Fist of the Fleet of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 25 lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeff Sherman/U.S. Navy via AP)

The Latest: Japan PM mulls Iran visit to mediate crisis

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, walks to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, May 16, 2019. Iran’s foreign minister has said his country is committed to an international nuclear deal and criticized escalating U.S. sanctions “unacceptable” as he met with Japanese officials in Tokyo amid rising tensions in the Middle East.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Iran’s foreign minister in Pakistan amid tensions with US

By KATHY GANNON and AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

"What we're looking at is: Are there things that we can do to enhance force protection in the Middle East?" said acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan on Thursday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Trump: No plan now for more troops to confront Iran

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, May 19, 2019, file photo, an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter transports cargo from the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a replenishment-at-sea operation in the Arabian Sea, as Mideast tensions remain high between Tehran and the United States. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Darion Chanelle Triplett/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Senior German diplomat in Tehran for nuclear deal talks

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this Monday, May 20, 2019, photo, released by U.S. Navy, an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the &quot;Jolly Rogers&quot; of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on the Arabian Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeff Sherman/U.S. Navy via AP)

Iranian lawmaker says his nation doesn’t want direct or proxy war with U.S.

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

National security adviser John Bolton talks to reporters about Venezuela, outside the White House, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Groups call on Congress to ‘halt march to war with Iran’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2018, file photo, an armed Saudi soldier holds a walkie-talkie near Mukalla, Yemen, at an airport now serving as a military base for the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Amid Iran tensions, a look at Mideast’s powers and proxies

By JON GAMBRELL and ZEINA KARAM and JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

In this Sunday, May 19, 2019, photo released by the U.S. Navy, the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic transports cargo to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeff Sherman/U.S. Navy via AP)

Bomb-carrying drone from Yemen rebels targets Saudi airport

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, his back to the camera, talk during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) **FILE **

Iran uranium enrichment increased after Trump threats

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, May 19, 2019, photo released by the U.S. Navy, sailors partake in a foreign object and debris walk-down on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Garrett LaBarge/U.S. Navy via AP)

Officials say Iran quadruples production of enriched uranium

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

An Iranian protester pretends to punch a mask mocking President Donald Trump during a rally after Friday prayer in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 10, 2019. A top commander in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said Friday that Tehran will not talk with the United States, an Iranian news agency reported a day after President Donald Trump said he'd like Iranian leaders to "call me." (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iranians see Donald Trump as erratic, untrustworthy adversary

By Mehdi Fattahi and Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, May 15, 2019, photo released by the U.S. Navy, Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Alexandrina Ross, right, and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Hunter Musil, left, inspect a bomb on the USS Abraham Lincoln while it sails in the Arabian Sea. U.S. diplomats warned Saturday, May 18, 2019, that commercial airliners flying over the wider Persian Gulf faced a risk of being &quot;misidentified&quot; amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Singley, U.S. Navy via AP)

US: Iran military could misidentify airliners amid tension

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Friday, May 18, 2019. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)

China, Iran foreign ministers meet amid Middle East tensions

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 14, 2015 file photo, Iraqi Shiite militia group called Imam Ali Brigades chant slogans against the Islamic State group at the battlefield in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. From Lebanon and Syria to Iraq, Yemen, and the Gaza Strip, Iran has significantly expanded its footprint over the past decade, finding and developing powerful allies in conflict-ravaged countries across the Middle East. Iran has trained, financed, and equipped Shiite militias in Iraq that battled U.S. forces in the years after the 2003 invasion and remobilized to battle the Islamic State group a decade later. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

The Latest: Iraqi FM says Iraq wants to avoid conflict

Associated Press

FILE - This July 29, 2017 file photo, Hezbollah fighters stand near a four-wheel vehicle positioned at the site where clashes erupted between Hezbollah and al-Qaida-linked fighters in Wadi al-Kheil on the Lebanon-Syria border. From Lebanon and Syria to Iraq, Yemen, and the Gaza Strip, Iran has significantly expanded its footprint over the past decade, finding and developing powerful allies in conflict-ravaged countries across the Middle East. Iran has used groups like the Lebanese Hezbollah to strike its regional foes, and could mobilize them if the latest tensions with the United States lead to an armed conflict, dramatically expanding the battlefield. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Iran could rally regional proxies in case of war with the US

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One for a trip to New York to attend a fundraiser, Thursday, May 16, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump sows confusion on Iran as tensions appear to ease

By ROBERT BURNS and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, walks to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, May 16, 2019. Iran’s foreign minister has said his country is committed to an international nuclear deal and criticized escalating U.S. sanctions “unacceptable” as he met with Japanese officials in Tokyo amid rising tensions in the Middle East.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Iran says U.S. sanctions ‘unacceptable’ amid Gulf tensions

By Aya Batrawy and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One for a trip to New York to attend a fundraiser, Thursday, May 16, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump tries to tamp down talk of war with Iran

By DEB RIECHMANN and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press