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FILE - Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Friday, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump revokes protections for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top Iran aide

By Matthew Lee and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

US ambassador says Iran is world No. 1 sponsor of terrorism

By EDITH M. LEDERER - 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

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018 file photo, Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, speaks at the Iranian Materiel Display at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. An expiring United Nations weapons embargo on Iran must remain in place to prevent it from &quot;becoming the arms dealer of choice for rogue regimes and terrorist organizations around the world,&quot; Hook told The Associated Press on Sunday, June 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

AP Interview: US envoy calls for Iran arms embargo renewal

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Hundreds of people march inside Tahrir Square carrying national flags and chanting religious slogans in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Anti-government protesters say multiple people have suffered stab wounds in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of their movement, after political parties and Iran-backed militia groups briefly joined them, raising fears of infiltration by authorities. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iran ‘murdered’ as many as 1,000 protesters, State Department says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, photo, workers walk in the Nihran Bin Omar field north near Basra, Iraq. An Iraqi oil official says employees of energy giant Exxon Mobil have started evacuating an oil field in the southern province of Basra, amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran. The first group left two days ago and another batch left early Saturday, May 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani) **FILE**

U.S. to pay up to $15 million for info on oil smuggling by Iranian military

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 20, 2019, file photo, Bahrain's foreign minister, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, attends the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

U.S., Bahrain tout maritime summit focused on Iran threat

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, pauses in front of a Surface to Air Missile (Sayyad 2C) at the Iranian Materiel Display (IMD) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Brian Hook, Iran adviser: U.S. still committed to diplomacy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, arrives for a meeting with European foreign ministers at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, May 13, 2019. The EU backers of the Iran nuclear deal meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss ways to keep the pact afloat. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Donald Trump warns Iran over Saudi Arabia tanker attack

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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

Children wave Iranian flags during a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, Freedom, Square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. Hundreds of thousands of people poured out onto the streets of Tehran and other cities and towns across Iran, marking the date 40 years ago that is considered victory day in the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

U.S. YouTube video pits Iranian citizens against regime

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo provided Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, by the Iranian Army, a Sayyad 2 missile is fired by the Talash air defense system during drills in an undisclosed location in Iran. Iran greeted the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Monday with air defense drills and a statement from President Hassan Rouhani that the nation faces a "war situation," raising Mideast tensions as America's maximalist approach to the Islamic Republic takes hold. (Iranian Army via AP)

Trump admin. condemns Iran’s ballistic missile test, wants EU to reimpose sanctions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Debris from a UAV (Qasef) is displayed with a sign that reads &quot;On Loan From Saudi Arabia&quot; at the Iranian Materiel Display (IMD) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, Thursday Nov. 29, 2018. The Trump administration accused Iran of stepping up violations of a U.N. ban on arms exports by sending rockets and other weaponry to rebels in Afghanistan and Yemen. The presentation displays weapons and fragments of weapons seized in Afghanistan, Bahrain and Yemen that it said are evidence Iran is a &quot;grave and escalating threat&quot; that must be stopped. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

US: Iran violating UN arms export ban in Yemen, Afghanistan

By MATTHEW LEE and SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, walks past fragments of Iranian short range ballistic missiles (Qiam) at the Iranian Materiel Display (IMD) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, Thursday Nov. 29, 2018. The Trump administration accused Iran of stepping up violations of a U.N. ban on arms exports by sending rockets and other weaponry to rebels in Afghanistan and Yemen. The presentation displays weapons and fragments of weapons seized in Afghanistan, Bahrain and Yemen that it said are evidence Iran is a "grave and escalating threat" that must be stopped. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. threatens Iran over illegal rocket exports

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A lone anti-war activist from "Code Pink" disrupted an event at the Hudson Institute think tank in Washington, where U.S. Special Envoy to Iran Brian Hook was outlining the Trump administration's plan to increase sanctions on Tehran, on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. The protester yelled, "No more war, peace with Iran," before being removed by security. (The Washington Times/Guy Taylor)

Donald Trump wants global embargo on Iranian oil, but remains open to new deal with Tehran

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Warrant: Teacher, student had 5-month relationship

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