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The head of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, speaks with journalists after his speech at a conference called "A World Without Terror," in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. Jafari said Tuesday that the country's supreme leader has limited the range of ballistic missiles it makes to 2,000 kilometers, or 1,240 miles.

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Iran says supreme leader limiting ballistic missile range

by Nasser Karimi Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressOctober 31, 2017

A police officer stands guard as vehicles drive in front of Iran's parliament building in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 8, 2017. Police increased their patrols in the streets and subway stations of Tehran on Thursday, a day after a pair of stunning Islamic State-claimed attacks on Iran's parliament and the tomb of its revolutionary leader killed at least 16 people and wounded over 40. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Iran leaders accuse US, Saudis of supporting Tehran attacks

by Nasser Karimi Associated PressJune 9, 2017

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani holds his ballot while voting for the presidential and municipal councils election at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 19, 2017. Iranians began voting Friday in the country's first presidential election since its nuclear deal with world powers, as incumbent Hassan Rouhani faced a staunch challenge from a hard-line opponent over his outreach to the wider world. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

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Iranians turn out in large numbers for closely watched vote

by Adam Schreck Associated Press, and Nasser Karimi Associated PressMay 19, 2017

FILE -- In this May 27, 2012 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, talks to former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in an inauguration ceremony of the newly-elected parliament in Tehran, Iran. Iranian state media said Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 that Rafsanjani has died at age 82 after having been hospitalized because of a heart condition. Rafsanjani, who served as president from 1989 to 1997, was a leading politician who often played kingmaker in the country's turbulent politics. He supported President Hassan Rouhani. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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Former Iranian president Rafsanjani dies

by Nasser Karimi Associated PressJanuary 8, 2017

FILE -- In this on Tuesday Aug. 16, 2016 frame grab provided by Russian Defence Ministry press service, aRussian long range bomber Tu-22M3 flies during an air strike over the Aleppo region of Syria. Iran’s Defense Minister Gen. Hossein Dehghan was quoted by State TV website Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, as saying an announcement by Russia on using an Iranian airbase to attack Syrian militants was “a kind of show off and ungentlemanly.” The remarks suggest that the operation was not supposed to get public by either side. (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service photo via AP, File)

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Iran: Russia no longer using base for Syria strikes

by Nasser Karimi Associated PressAugust 22, 2016

In this July 15, 2010 photo, Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist speaks with journalists at the Imam Khomeini airport, just outside Tehran, Iran, after returning to his homeland from the United States. Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist caught up in a real-life U.S. spy mystery who later returned to his homeland and disappeared has been reportedly executed under similarly mysterious circumstances. Foreign media reports say Shahram Amiri was hanged this week and a memorial service for him was held in Kermanshah, 500 kilometers (310 miles) southwest of Tehran. The reports cited his mother, whom The Associated Press was unable to reach. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Iran executes nuclear scientist convicted of spying for US

by Nasser Karimi Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressAugust 8, 2016

FILE - In this June 2003 file photo, a Boeing 747 of Iran's national airline is seen at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran. Boeing Co. has confirmed signing an agreement with Iran Air “expressing the airline's intent” to buy its aircraft. In a statement Tuesday to The Associated Press, Boeing said it signed the agreement “under authorizations from the U.S. government following a determination that Iran had met its obligations under the nuclear accord reached last summer.” (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)

Boeing says it signs historic sales agreement with Iran Air

by Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Nasser Karimi Associated PressJune 22, 2016