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FILE -In this Nov. 3, 2012 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a small-boat crew patrols near Sandy Hook, N.J., during the agency's first patrol of Sandy Hook waterways since Superstorm Sandy hit the region a week earlier. For the Coast Guard, the devastation to Sandy Hook altered the mission there. Piers and mooring stations were broken apart and base housing for more than 30 families had to be abandoned after a sewerage treatment plant shared with the National Park Service was knocked out of operation. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard/ Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson, File)

Iran confirms US Coast Guard fired at fishing boat

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

The Islamic State is on the rise and must be stopped. (Raqqa Media Center via Associated Press)

ORTEL: Fight against radical Islam requires action now

By Charles Ortel

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike hit Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. The Israeli military said it carried out a series of airstrikes Tuesday across the Gaza Strip in response to renewed rocket fire, a burst of violence that broke a temporary cease-fire and endangered negotiations in Egypt over ending the month long war between Israel and Hamas. The fighting occurred some eight hours before a temporary truce was set to expire. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Palestinian rockets, Israeli airstrikes resume after negotiators walk out

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, speaks during an annual meeting of Iranian ambassadors as Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. Rouhani has offered his harshest criticism yet of hard-liners opposed to making a deal over its contested nuclear program with world powers, saying they should go "to hell." (AP Photo/Mohammad Berno, Iranian Presidency Office)

UN sees some progress in Iran nuclear probe

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Hamas supporters gather for a rally in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Evidence has pointed to Iran continuing to funnel weapons to the Palestinian side of the conflict with Israel. (Associated Press)

Despite sanctions relief, Iran aids Hamas with missile technology

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, speaks during an annual meeting of Iranian ambassadors as Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. Rouhani has offered his harshest criticism yet of hard-liners opposed to making a deal over its contested nuclear program with world powers, saying they should go "to hell." (AP Photo/Mohammad Berno, Iranian Presidency Office)

Iran: Nuclear deal by November deadline unlikely

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Turkey Iran Handshake Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

BERMAN & MADYOON: An Iranian-Turkish reset

By Ilan Berman and Nika Madyoon

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry leaves a press conference after closed-door nuclear talks on Iran in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Intense negotiations with Iran have yielded “tangible progress,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday, but significant gaps remain ahead of a July 20 target date for a deal meant to put firm curbs on Tehran’s nuclear activities in exchange for an end to sanctions. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

John Kerry cites big gaps in nuclear talks with Iran

By George Jahn and Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

Exiled Iranians gathered in Villepinte, France, to listen to Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. (Associated Press)

Rally of strange bedfellows : To change Iran, U.S. group backs former ‘terrorists’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Volunteers train at a military base in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, on Tuesday after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. Signs emerged of a reprisal of a sectarian slaughter in Iraq. Police said pro-government Shiite militiamen killed nearly four dozen detainees after insurgents tried to storm a prison northeast of Baghdad. (Associated Press)

Iraqi Shiites take a stand against Sunni extremists heading for Baghdad

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iraqis who have fled the violence in their hometown of Mosul unload their car at Khazir refugee camp outside of Irbil, 217 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. (associated press)

Obama administration hints at alliance with Iran on Iraqi militants in policy reversal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (Associated Press)

DEACE: Our war in Iraq will be won by Iran

By Steve Deace

** FILE ** This undated file photo released by his family via FreeAmir.org shows Amir Hekmati. The former U.S. Marine convicted of criminal charges in Iran after being accused of working for the CIA will appeal for a new trial after already seeing his sentence reduced once, an Iranian news agency reported Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Hekmati family via FreeAmir.org, File)

Former US Marine Imprisoned in Iran seeks retrial

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

** FILE ** Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, delivers a speech during an annual rally commemorating anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, at the Azadi 'Freedom' Square in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani: The U.S. owes Iran reparations for ‘hostile policies’

By Adam Kredo — The Washington Free Beacon

In this frame grab taken from video posted to YouTube, people dance to Pharrell Williams' hit song &quot;Happy&quot; on a rooftop in Tehran, Iran. Police in Iran have arrested six young people and shown them on state television for posting the video. While the song has sparked similar videos all over the world, in Iran some see the trend as promoting the spread of Western culture. And women are banned from dancing in public or appearing outside without the hijab in the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo)

‘Happy’ video arrests highlight tensions in Iran

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and ADAM SCHRECK - Associated Press

Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., right, accompanied by Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., holds a poster with the image and story of one of his constituents, Amir Hekmati, a former Marine incarcerated in Iran since 2011, during a gathering in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House in Washington, Monday, May 19, 2014, with family members and supporters calling for Hekmati's release. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ex-Marine’s family seeks his freedom from Iran

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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, second right, points a UV-Index Monitoring System, a device to measure the level of the ultraviolet radiation (UV), as he unveils it in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 11, 2014. Rouhani said Sunday his country has nothing to offer except transparency in nuclear talks with world powers, rebuffing hard-liners as negotiators seek a final deal over the Islamic Republic's contested program. He is accompanied by Vice President for science and technology affairs Sorena Sattari, right, and Health Minister Hassan Hashemi. (AP Photo/ Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno)

Iran leader says won’t bow to force in nuke talks

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this file photo taken on April 3, 2006, members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard attend maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/IRNA, File)

Iran admiral: US ships are a target in case of war

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI - Associated Press

Illustration on Iranian nukes by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

BERMAN: Why Iran’s missiles matter

By Ilan Berman

Wearing ghilli suits, Iranian army troops march in a parade as one of them hold up his weapon, marking National Army Day in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 18, 2014. Ahead of the parade Iran's President Hassan Rouhani underscored his moderate policies and outreach to the West in a speech. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran: Rouhani talks peace, outreach at army parade

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press