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In this Aug. 5, 2019, file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at a press conference in Tehran, Iran. A recording of Iran's foreign minister offering a blunt appraisal of diplomacy and the limits of power within the Islamic Republic has leaked out publicly, providing a rare look inside the country's theocracy. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Leaked recording of Iran’s top diplomat offers blunt talk

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russia's Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mikhail Ulyanov, arrives at the Grand Hotel Wien where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Foreign ministry officials from the countries still in the accord, the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, are meeting in Vienna to push forward efforts to bring the United States back into the 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)

Positive atmosphere, little progress in Iran nuclear talks

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

This Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows construction at the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center near the city of Dimona, Israel. A long-secretive Israeli nuclear facility that gave birth to its undeclared atomic weapons program is undergoing what appears to be its biggest construction project in decades, according to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)

Secretive Israeli nuclear facility undergoes major project

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this file photo from April 1, 2015, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, right, speaks with then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and U.S. Robert Malley, left, Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States, National Security Council during a break outside the hotel at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel as the Iran nuclear talks continue, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Malley currently serves as the Biden administration's special envoy to Iran and is working to salvage the Obama-era Iran deal that President Trump canceled. (AP Photo/Keystone,Laurent Gillieron) ** FILE **

Michael McCaul, Mark Green question Iran-John Kerry backchannel talks

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US says it’s ready to join talks to resume Iran nuclear deal

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

A victory in the June contest by a figure more radical than current Iranian President Hassan Rouhani could escalate Iran’s demands at the bargaining table and its destabilizing policies in the region, analysts say, putting in danger any hope of saving the nuclear pact. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran, U.S. demand other move first to rejoining nuclear deal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 7, 2020, file photo released by the U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz transits the Arabian Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

USS Nimitz to stay in Middle East amid threats from Iran

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2020, file photo, people wear protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in downtown Tehran, Iran. Though Iran faces crushing U.S. sanctions, there still remain ways for Tehran to obtain coronavirus vaccines as it suffers the Mideast's worst outbreak of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

EXPLAINER: Iran, despite sanctions, has routes to vaccines

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, military military commanders attend a funeral ceremony of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a scientist who was killed on Friday, in a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Iran held the funeral Monday for the slain scientist who founded its military nuclear program two decades ago, with the Islamic Republic's defense minister vowing to continue the man's work &quot;with more speed and more power.&quot; (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Iran’s president opposes bill that would boost enrichment

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Iran's national flag waves as Milad telecommunications tower and buildings are seen in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. In recent days, Iran which is battling the worst new coronavirus outbreak in the region, has ordered the closure of nonessential businesses and banned intercity travels aimed at preventing the virus' spread. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Dissident group presents evidence of possible new Iran nuclear site

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Iran president calls on world to condemn new US sanctions

By Associated Press

FILE - In this July 20, 2015 file photo, members of the Security Council vote at United Nations headquarters on the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers. Iran says an upcoming visit by the head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency to Tehran as early as Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, has nothing to do with a U.S. push to impose so-called “snapback” sanctions on Iran. The Trump administration last week dismissed near-universal opposition to its demand to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran, declaring that a 30-day countdown for the “snapback” of penalties eased under the 2015 nuclear deal had begun. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Iran: UN nuclear chief’s visit to Tehran no link to US push

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the United Nations. The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its demand for all U.N. sanctions on Iran to be restored, citing significant Iranian violations of the 2015 nuclear deal. (Mike Segar/Pool via AP)

Iran says US has no right to demand restoration of sanctions

By Associated Press

In this Nov. 29, 2018, photo, Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, speaks at the Iranian Materiel Display at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. The U.S. continues to push for an end of the four-nation boycott of Qatar, even after the hospitalization of Kuwait's ruling emir who led talks to resolve the yearslong dispute, Hook told journalists Sunday, July 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

US diplomat says America keeps pushing to end Qatar crisis

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the inauguration of the new parliament in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May, 27, 2020. Iran convened its newly elected parliament, dominated by conservative lawmakers and under strict social distancing regulations, as the country struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus that has hit the nation hard. Iran is grappling with one of the deadliest outbreaks in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

Hassan Rouhani, Iran president, expresses solidarity with North Korea against ‘common enemy’ U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times