Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., looks at his phone in the Rose Garden before President Donald Trump arrives on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, March 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP)
A picture of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hangs on the side of the road in the outskirts of Tehran, Iran, early Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP
In this July 21, 2019 file photo, an aerial view shows a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard moving around the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero. (AP)
A woman holds Iran’s national flag while standing near a billboard with a sentence reading ‘The Strait of Hormuz remains closed’ at the Enqelab Square in Tehran, on April 5, 2026. (AFP)
Iranians attend the funeral of Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the IRG's navy killed in US-Israeli strikes on Iran at Enghelab Square in Tehran on April 1, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Sayyid al-Shuhada complex in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs, on April 5, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
US President Donald Trump points after speaking at a televised address on the conflict in the Middle East from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC on April 1, 2026. (AFP)
Settlers chant racist slogans against the Kurds and raise the Syrian flag with slogans of monotheism written on it in front of the Kurds who are receiving the Afrini IDPs, in front of the security forces. (Photo: Handed to Kurdistan24)
Fouad Hussein, Iraq's foreign minister (R), and Mohammad Kazem Al Sadeq, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Iraq (L). (Photo: Iraqi foreign minister)
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a televised address on the conflict in the Middle East from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC on Apr. 1, 2026. (AFP)
Members of the German army march during a military parade ceremony marking the 105th anniversary of the Lithuanian military on Armed Forces Day in Vilnius, Lithuania, Nov. 25, 2023. (AP)
A simplified map of the Middle East labeling major nations including, Syria, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows fires burning on ships after a US military attack on a port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, March 2, 2026. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as he speaks to the press following before his departure at the Bourget airport, outside Paris, March 27, 2026. (AP)
Police officers stand outside a Jewish school following an explosion that caused minor damages, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 14, 2026. (photo credit: Reuters)
US President Donald Trump pauses after speaking at a televised address on the conflict in the Middle East from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC on Apr. 1, 2026. (AFP)
A topographic map of the Middle East and Central Asia with the national flags of Iran and Israel overlaid on their respective geographic borders. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft prepares to refuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Epic Fury over the US Central Command area of responsibility on Mar. 20, 2026. (AFP)
An Iranian flag is seen on a residential building that was damaged by recent strikes at Vahdat town in Karaj, southwest of Tehran on April 3, 2026. (AFP)
