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FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2016 file photo, released by official website of the office of the Iranian Senior Vice-President, the head of Russia's federal atomic agency Sergey Kiriyenko breaks ground in a ceremony to begin building Iran's second nuclear power plant, in the southern port city of Bushehr, Iran. On Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, Iran's state TV reported that construction has begun on a second nuclear power reactor at its Bushehr plant amid heightened tensions over Tehran's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Bushehr's first reactor came online in 2011 with the help of Russia. This new reactor similarly will be built with Russian help. (Iranian Senior Vice-President's Office via AP, File )

Iran begins pouring concrete for 2nd nuclear power reactor

By MOHSEN GANJI and AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

Iran defends its decision to block UN atomic inspector

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Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Gharib Abadi, waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran alleges U.N. inspector tested positive for explosives

By Kiyoko Metzler, Philipp Jenne and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This photo released on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. Iran announced on Monday that had started gas injection into a 30-machine cascade of advanced IR-6 centrifuges in Natanz complex. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

The Latest: Netanyahu says UN watchdog ‘confirms Iran lied’

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gives a speech at the London Lecture series at Kansas State University Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

US steps up anti-Iran campaign ahead of UN General Assembly

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Gharib Abadi, waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

U.N. atomic watchdog confirms Iran installing new centrifuges

By David Rising - Associated Press

UN nuclear watchdog has 4 candidates to take top job

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif smiles as he speaks during a forum titled &quot;Common Security in the Islamic World&quot; in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Zarif said Iran’s supreme leader will not meet with U.S. President Donald Trump unless Washington halts its “economic terrorism” that has hurt ordinary Iranian civilians. Zarif said the removal of U.S. sanctions could also help salvage the Iranian nuclear deal, which may break apart after the U.S. left last year. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

U.N. atomic watchdog: Iran still in violation of nuclear deal

By Kiyoko Metzler - Associated Press

The Iranian flag waves outside of the UN building that hosts the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, office inside in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran is at a crossroads. His administration is trying to decide whether to risk stoking international tensions even more by ending one of the last remaining components of the 2015 nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) **FILE**

IAEA blasted for lax oversight of Iran nuclear deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 22, 2018, file photo, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano of Japan addresses the media during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. The IAEA said Tuesday, July 22, 2019, it is announcing with regret the death of Amano. The Secretariat did not say how Amano, who was 72, died. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

IAEA chief Yukiya Amano who oversaw Iran treaty dies at 72

By Kirsten Grieshaber and Kyoko Metzler - Associated Press

In this Nov. 22, 2018, file photo, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano of Japan addresses the media during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. The IAEA said Tuesday, July 22, 2019, it is announcing with regret the death of Amano. The Secretariat did not say how Amano, who was 72, died. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

The Latest: UN’s Guterres recalls IAEA head for ‘equanimity’

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Iran’s poking at West heightens risks of military missteps

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

French presidential envoy Emmanuel Bonne, left, is welcomed by Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani for a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Latest: Iran says US sanctions are ‘warfare’

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U.S. Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, in front, and Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Gharib Abadi, background right, wait for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

U.S. threatens Iran with sanctions at emergency IAEA meeting

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with the Health Ministry officials, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP) ** FILE **

Iran blows past limit on enriched uranium stockpiles, blames Trump

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nuclear changes, more troops heighten US-Iran tensions

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, file photo, director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan, addresses the media during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. Yukiya Amano is urging world powers continue dialogue with Iran to keep it in the landmark 2015 deal aimed at preventing the country from building nuclear weapons.(AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

UN atomic watchdog head urges dialogue with Iran

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 6, 2018, file frame from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. A report Friday, May 31, 2019, by U.N. nuclear watchdogs said Iran had begun installing IR-6s like the one shown on the left. That raised questions for the first time about its adherence to a key provision of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers that was intended to limit the country’s use of advanced centrifuges. (IRIB via AP, File)

UN atomic watchdog raises questions of Iran’s centrifuge use

By KIYOKO METZLER - Associated Press

Head of UN nuclear agency: Iran keeping to nuclear deal

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In this Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, file photo, Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaks at the Security Conference in Munich, Germany. The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says Iran still is complying with the terms of a 2015 deal that aims to keep Tehran from building atomic weapons in exchange for economic incentives. The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a confidential quarterly report on Friday, Feb. 22 that Iran has been abiding with key limitations set in the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP, file)

U.N. nuclear watchdog: Iran stays within limits of 2015 deal

By Kiyoko Metzler - Associated Press