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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a memorial at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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In the photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally on Feb. 10, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP) **FILE**

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Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, speaks in a press briefing in Tehran, Iran, on July 7, 2019. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024 proposed former nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi as the country’s new foreign minister. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, speaks in a press briefing in Tehran, Iran, on July 7, 2019. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024 proposed former nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi as the country’s new foreign minister. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Ex-nuclear negotiator tapped to be Iran’s next foreign minister even as pressure to hit Israel grows

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Iranian workers install a huge banner on a wall showing a portrait of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and the Dome of Rock Mosque at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound of Jerusalem at Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran should think twice before direct attack on Israel, former CENTCOM chief says

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Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian greets his supporters in a meeting a day after the presidential election, at the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, July 6, 2024. Iran’s newly elected president said his government will create "balance in relations with all countries” in line with national interests and the prerequisites for peace but stressed to the United States that his country “will not respond to pressure.” Masoud Pezeshkian penned “My Message To The New World” in the country's state-owned Tehran Times late Friday July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran’s new president vows balance with all countries but warns U.S. his country won’t be pressured

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Reformist candidate for the Iran's presidential election Masoud Pezeshkian clenches his fist after casting his vote as he is accompanied by former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, at a polling station in Shahr-e-Qods near Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 5, 2024. Iranians are voting in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country’s northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Reformist Pezeshkian beats hard-liner to win Iran presidential election, promising outreach to West

By Jon Gambrell and Amir Vahdat - Associated Press

Reformist candidate for the Iran's presidential election Masoud Pezeshkian clenches his fist after casting his vote as he is accompanied by former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, at a polling station in Shahr-e-Qods near Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 5, 2024. Iranians are voting in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country’s northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Jalili

By Jon Gambrell and Amir Vahdat - Associated Press

An Iranian policeman casts his vote for the presidential runoff election at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 5, 2024. Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s top leader shrugs off weak turnout numbers as presidential runoff vote begins

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Reformist candidate for the Iran's presidential election Masoud Pezeshkian waves as he arrives to vote at a polling station in Shahr-e-Qods near Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 5, 2024. Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker

By Jon Gambrell and Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Iranian Students' News Agency, ISNA, reformist candidate for the Iranian presidential election Masoud Pezeshkian casts his ballot as he waves to media in a polling station, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 28, 2024. Iranians are voting in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi. (Majid Khahi, ISNA via AP)

Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote

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