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In this file photo, former National Security Adviser John R. Bolton gestures while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, Sept. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Former Trump adviser Bolton says Biden’s concessions to Iran would border on treason

By Joseph Clark and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Salman Rushdie attends the 68th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner on Nov. 15, 2017, in New York. An Iranian government official denied on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Rushdie, in remarks that were the country's first public comments on the attack. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

The front pages of the Aug. 13 edition of the Iranian newspapers, Vatan-e Emrooz, front, with title reading in Farsi: &quot;Knife in the neck of Salman Rushdie,&quot; and Hamshahri, rear, with title: &quot;Attack on writer of Satanic Verses,&quot; are pictured in Tehran Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Enrique Mora, a leading European Union diplomat, second right, attends a meeting with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani, third left, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 27, 2022. Mora held talks in Tehran amid hopes that an agreement to restore Iran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers could be completed. Others are unidetified. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

U.S. says Bolton murder plot not enough to call off talks for new nuclear deal with Iran

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The sun sets behind the Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, Aug. 5, 2022. Talks to revive Tehran's tattered nuclear accord with world powers in Vienna ended Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, as the parties closed a final text and the Iranian negotiator prepared to return to his capital, diplomats said. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter, File)

Talks to revive Iran nuclear deal end, produce ‘final text’

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Supporters of Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, demonstrate in Paris, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, as Iran marks the 40th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) ** FILE **

Iranian dissidents rally this weekend in Albania as Washington-Tehran tensions surge

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Biden's mission to the Middle East Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden’s mission to the Middle East goes south

By Clifford D. May

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, back to a camera, on the sideline of the summit of Caspian Sea littoral states in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on June 29, 2022. Putin's visit to Iran starting Tuesday, July 19, is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow's challenge to the United States and Europe amid its grinding campaign in Ukraine. (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Putin in Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey

By Nasser Karimi and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Iran's national flag waves in Tehran, Iran, March 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran lashes out at Biden, accuses him of stoking tensions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden gives a thumbs up as he stands behind a glass partition with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid during the opening ceremonies of the Maccabiah Games at Teddy Stadium, Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden defends Iran nuclear deal, Saudi visit during tense Middle Eastern trip

By Jeff Mordock and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on the sideline of the summit of Caspian Sea littoral states in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Why Iran cracks down at home, cozies up to Moscow

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on the sideline of the summit of Caspian Sea littoral states in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. During a meeting in Ashgabat with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of the summit, Putin emphasized &quot;strategic&quot; ties between Moscow and Tehran. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Iran-Russia alliance grows as Biden heads to Mideast amid rising threats

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iran's national flag waves in Tehran, Iran, March 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Polish scientist is being held in Iran, government confirms

Associated Press

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Iranian opposition headquarters in Albania, where up to 3,000 MEK members reside at Ashraf-3 camp in Manza town, about 30 kilometers (16 miles) west of Tirana, Albania, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)

Iran speech offers glimpse at a Pence foreign policy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, military personnel stand near the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a scientist who was killed on Friday, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. A court in Iran on Thursday, June 23, 2022 ordered the United States government to pay over $4 billion to the families of Iranian nuclear scientists who have been killed in targeted attacks in recent years, state-run media reported. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP, File)

Iran orders U.S. to pay compensation for slain nuke scientists

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon, Dec. 9, 2021, in Washington. Gantz said Monday June 20, 2022, that Israel is helping build a U.S.-led regional air-defense alliance against Iran, and that the partnership has already thwarted attempted Iranian attacks. Gantz said he expected the upcoming visit by President Joe Biden to the region to further strengthen this alliance. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Shadow war: Iran claims it broke up Israeli Mossad plot to kill nuclear scientists

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows an overview of launch pad activity at Imam Khomeini Space Center southeast of Semnan, Iran on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Iran appeared to be readying for a space launch Tuesday as satellite images showed a rocket on a rural desert launch pad, just as tensions remain high over Tehran's nuclear program. The images from Maxar Technologies showed a launch pad at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s rural Semnan province, the site of frequent recent failed attempts to put a satellite into orbit. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Iran says rocket launch coming after photos show preparation

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Weaponizing International Law Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Death of international law: Flouted by despots and weaponized against small nations

By Clifford D. May

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's underground Natanz nuclear site, as well as ongoing construction to expand the facility in a nearby mountain to the south, near Natanz, Iran, May 9, 2022. Iran plans to install two new cascades of advanced centrifuges at Natanz that will allow Tehran to rapidly enrich more uranium, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said Thursday, June 9, 2022, the latest escalation in the standoff over the country's atomic program. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

UN watchdog says Iran plans to ramp up uranium enrichment

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's newest ship, the Shahid Mahdavi, center right, under construction in a shipyard west of Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 21, 2022. Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is building the massive new support ship near the strategic Strait of Hormuz as it tries to expand its naval presence in waters vital to international energy supplies and beyond, satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press show. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Ship expands Iran Revolutionary Guard’s reach to new waters

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press