Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters Thursday after meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council and calling for the restoration of sanctions against Iran. Mike Segar/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's speech came after a period that saw mass public support after the death of a Iranian general and outrage over the downing of a commercial airliner. Official Khamenei website via Reuters hide caption
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced Tuesday that Iran will begin injecting uranium gas into centrifuges. Office of the Iranian Presidency via AP hide caption
Iranian officials are defending the seizure of British-flagged tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran's coast on Friday. Stena Bulk/AP hide caption
U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Jackie Wolcott at a board of governors meeting in Vienna, Austria on Wednesday. Alex Halada/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A man in Tehran looks at a newspaper with a picture of President Trump on the front page on Tuesday. Iran's currency traded at a fresh record-low of 119,000 to the dollar today, a loss of nearly two-thirds of its value since the start of the year as U.S. sanctions loom. Trump says he's willing to meet with Iranian leaders, but Iran doesn't seem eager to sit down. Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech Monday in Tel Aviv on Iran's former nuclear weapons program. Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers a a statement on Iran last month at the State Department. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A natural gas refinery is shown here in the South Pars gas field in Asalouyeh, Iran, on the north coast of the Persian Gulf. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
People ride a horse and carriage at sunset in Isfahan's UNESCO-listed central square on June 2, 2014 in Isfahan, Iran. Isfahan, with its immense mosques, picturesque bridges and ancient bazaar, is a virtual living museum of Iranian traditional culture, and is Iran's top tourist destination. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
The Doomsday Clock stayed fixed at three minutes to midnight — the closest it has been to midnight since 1984. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani presents the draft budget for the next Iranian fiscal year to the chairman of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani at the Iranian parliament in Tehran on Jan. 17, 2016. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 28. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption