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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Rouhani said Wednesday that it will begin keeping its excess uranium and heavy water from its nuclear program, setting a 60-day deadline for new terms to its nuclear deal with world powers before it will resume higher uranium enrichment. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran threatens to restart higher uranium enrichment, gives world 60-day deadline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this May 3, 2019, file photo released by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18E Super Hornet from VFA 25 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The U.S. is dispatching the USS Abraham Lincoln and other military resources to the Middle East following "clear indications" that Iran and its proxy forces were preparing to possibly attack U.S. forces in the region, according to a defense official on May 5, 2019. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Singley/US Navy via AP)

USS Abraham Lincoln carrier deployed over Iran ‘credible threat’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani holds a press conference with his Iraqi President Barham Salih at Salam Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) ** FILE **

Iran may begin ‘resumption of some nuclear activities’ as part of ‘counteractions’ against U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Iran oil tanker breaks down in Red Sea off Saudi coast

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference on Monday, April 22, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz) **FILE**

Iran’s intelligence service tagged as a terror organization by exile group

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, and National Security Adviser John Bolton, right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the Office of Government Hall, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

White House ends waivers for Iranian oil

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

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference on Monday, April 22, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. The Trump administration on Monday told five nations — Japan, South Korea, Turkey, China and India — that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Donald Trump to impose sanctions on countries buying Iranian oil

By Lauren Toms, Dave Boyer and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

Iran flies domestically made fighter jets to mark Army Day

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

In this Feb. 11, 2019 file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guard members attend a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square in Tehran, Iran. On Monday, April 8, 2019, the Trump administration designated Irans Revolutionary Guard a foreign terrorist organization in an unprecedented move against a national armed force. Irans Revolutionary Guard Corps went from being a domestic security force with origins in the 1979 Islamic Revolution to a transnational fighting force. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran retaliates after revolutionary guard terror designation

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

In this 2018 photograph released by lawyer Mark Zaid, Michael R. White, right, is seen with his mother, Joanne White, left. White, a U.S. Navy veteran from California, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran, his lawyer said Saturday, March 16, 2019, becoming the first American known to be imprisoned there since President Donald Trump took office. (White family via AP)

Michael R. White, U.S. Navy veteran, sentenced to 10 years in Iran prison

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this 2018 photograph released by lawyer Mark Zaid, Michael R. White, right, is seen with his mother, Joanne White, left. White, a U.S. Navy veteran from California, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran, his lawyer said Saturday, March 16, 2019, becoming the first American known to be imprisoned there since President Donald Trump took office. (White family via AP)

Lawyer: US Navy veteran held in Iran sentenced to 10 years

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Armed and dangerous: Pro-Iran Popular Mobilization Forces militants say it’s time for U.S. troops to leave Iraq and are said to be spreading conspiracy theories that the Trump administration is helping the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Iran backed Popular Mobilization Forces pressures U.S. to leave Iraq

By Adam Lucente — Special to The Washington Times

In this Nov. 24, 2015, file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, listens to his Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif prior to a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani is planning to make his first official visit to Iraq Monday, March 11, 2019, as he faces mounting pressure from hard-liners at home in the wake of the unravelling of the nuclear deal under the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran’s Hassan Rouhani seeks to boost ties on first visit to Baghdad

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

In this Nov. 24, 2015, file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, listens to his Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif prior to a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani is planning to make his first official visit to Iraq Monday, March 11, 2019, as he faces mounting pressure from hard-liners at home in the wake of the unravelling of the nuclear deal under the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

First time in Baghdad: Iran’s president to visit Iraq

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Iran cleric linked to 1988 mass executions to lead judiciary

By JON GAMBRELL and AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

In this Nov. 1, 2008 photo, Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, poses for a photograph in her office in Tehran, Iran. On Wednesday, March 6, 2019, the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran, said Sotoudeh, a prominent human rights lawyer in Iran who defended women protesting against the Islamic Republic's mandatory headscarf, has been convicted and faces years in prison. Sotoudeh, who previously served three years in prison for her work, was convicted in absentia by a Revolutionary Court. She is currently held at Tehran's Evin prison. (AP Photo/Arash Ashourinia)

Iran lawyer convicted after defending women protesters

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, file photo, Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaks at the Security Conference in Munich, Germany. The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says Iran still is complying with the terms of a 2015 deal that aims to keep Tehran from building atomic weapons in exchange for economic incentives. The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a confidential quarterly report on Friday, Feb. 22 that Iran has been abiding with key limitations set in the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP, file)

Iran’s foreign minister resigns as his nuclear deal teeters

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, Freedom, Square in Tehran, Iran. Lashed by criticism over his collapsing nuclear deal, Iran’s President Rouhani faces an uncertain future amid a renewed hard-line effort to drive him from office years before his elected term ends. Iranian presidents typically see their popularity erode during their second four-year terms. But analysts say Rouhani is particularly vulnerable because of the economic crisis assailing the country’s rial currency, which has hurt ordinary Iranians and emboldened critics to call for his ouster. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s president, faces impeachment bid

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waves to media as he is surrounded by a group of lawmakers while he leaves the parliament after defending his proposed health minister, in Tehran, Iran. Lashed by criticism over his collapsing nuclear deal, Iran’s President Rouhani faces an uncertain future amid a renewed hard-line effort to drive him from office years before his elected term ends. Iranian presidents typically see their popularity erode during their second four-year terms. But analysts say Rouhani is particularly vulnerable because of the economic crisis assailing the country’s rial currency, which has hurt ordinary Iranians and emboldened critics to call for his ouster. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s president faces calls to resign over economic crisis

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, file photo, Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaks at the Security Conference in Munich, Germany. The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says Iran still is complying with the terms of a 2015 deal that aims to keep Tehran from building atomic weapons in exchange for economic incentives. The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a confidential quarterly report on Friday, Feb. 22 that Iran has been abiding with key limitations set in the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP, file)

U.N. nuclear watchdog: Iran stays within limits of 2015 deal

By Kiyoko Metzler - Associated Press