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Iran's heavy water nuclear facility is backdropped by mountains near the central city of Arak on Jan. 15, 2011. Intelligence officials say the deal requires Iran to provide an unprecedented volume of information about nearly every aspect of its existing nuclear program. That data will make checking up on Iran’s compliance with the deal easier, U.S. intelligence officials say, because it will shrink Iran’s capacity to hide a covert weapons program. (Associated Press/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan) **FILE**

With deal in the balance, Iran plans schools to train more nuclear experts

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama waves as he leaves after speaking about the nuclear deal with Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, at American University in Washington. The president said the nuclear deal with Iran builds on the tradition of strong diplomacy that won the Cold War without firing any shots. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

KIM R. HOLMES: What happens if Congress says no to the Iran nuclear deal?

By Kim R. Holmes - The Washington Times

Illustration on the loss of U.S. military options after the Obama/Iran nuclear arms deal takes effect by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MORTON KLEIN, DANIEL MANDEL: How Obama gets it wrong on Iran

By Morton A. Klein and Daniel Mandel

Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for The Washington Post, smiles as he attends a presidential campaign of President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran, in this April 11, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Jason Rezaian, Washington Post reporter, trial held in Iran

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: Iran’s deadly ambition: The Islamic Republic’s quest for global power

By Joshua Sinai

President Barack Obama waves as he leaves after speaking about the nuclear deal with Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, at American University in Washington. The president said the nuclear deal with Iran builds on the tradition of strong diplomacy that won the Cold War without firing any shots. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Obama says he’s not worried about majority in Congress rejecting Iran nuclear deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 19, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama: Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t offered better ideas for Iran nuclear deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Under portraits of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, top left, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Hassan Rouhani sits in a meeting with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic at the presidency office in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran blocking access to nuclear personnel, U.N. inspector says

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015 photo, Iranian worker Shahin Mirouzadeh cuts potatoes at "Mash Donald's" fast food restaurant, a knock-off version of McDonald's in western Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

American culture, from fast food to actors, seeps into Iran

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2015 file photo, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama slapped sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials Monday, accusing them of perpetrating human rights violations and public corruption in the socialist-governed South American nation. “Corrupt actions by Venezuelan government officials deprive Venezuela of needed economic resources that could be invested in the Venezuelan people and used to spur economic growth,” Lew said in a statement. “These actions also undermine the public trust in democratic institutions and the human rights to which Venezuelan citizens are entitled.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Jacob Lew says U.S. will still curb Iran economy if nuclear deal passes

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Iran Nuclear Agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

John Kerry pressed on Capitol Hill over Iran deal verification problems

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Obama, the first sitting U.S. president to visit Ethiopia, said during a news conference with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Monday that Republican presidential candidates are attempting to distort the facts of his Iran nuclear deal. (Associated Press)

Obama decries GOP for distorting facts of Iran deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EDITORIAL: Protocols reveal Iran deal worse than imagined

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Secretary of State John F. Kerry insisted that the Obama administration was clear that any nuclear deal should be viewed separately from overall U.S. criticisms of Iran's record at home and abroad. "This plan was designed to address the nuclear issue alone, not to reform Iran's regime, or end its support for terrorism, or its contributions to sectarian violence in the Middle East," he said. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Senators slam John Kerry: Obama’s Iran deal lacks details

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

White House National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice said the additional documents signed by the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran "are not public" but that the administration would share the information with lawmakers behind closed doors. She indicated that the U.S. government doesn't have the documents. (Associated Press)

Obama aides deny secret U.N.-Iran side deals

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Gen. Michael Hayden, former CIA director. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

Inside the Ring: Controversial Iran intel estimate revisited

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks at the 116th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Pittsburgh on July 21, 2015. Obama says the people criticizing the Iran nuclear deal are the same people who rushed into war with Iraq. (Associated Press)

Obama says critics of Iran deal are too eager for war

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Members of the Security Council vote at United Nations headquarters, Monday, July 20, 2015. The U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers and adopted a series of measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions that have hurt the Iranian economy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

U.N. endorses Iran nuclear deal with 6 world powers

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

John Kerry Associated Press photo

WESLEY PRUDEN: Details of the surrender to Iran

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Iran concessions pure capitulation

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES