Iranian players Omid Norafkan, left, and Saman Ghoddos celebrate after a World Cup Asia zone qualifiers group match against Uzbekistan in Tehran in Mar. 2025. (AFP)
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler, Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Needham, and US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa. (AFP)
The band performing at "A Melody from Sulaimani to the Nalashkina mountain" concert, with Hasan Zirak in the background. (Photo: the concert's Social Media)
This picture taken from a position in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, shows Israeli military vehicles driving along a road in southern Lebanon on June 22, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdish farmers load bags of freshly harvested potatoes, known locally as “Yellow Gold,” onto trucks in the Nawkor Plain for shipment to markets across central and southern Iraq. (Kurdistan24)
Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani receives US Secretary of State Marco Rubio upon arrival at Bahrain International Airport near Manama on June 24, 2026
Cargo ships, including bulk carriers and general cargo vessels, sit at anchor offshore, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4, 2026. (Photo: AP)
A large group of people wearing traditional Kurdish clothing gathers at the Kurdish Traditional Clothing Festival, June 24, 2026. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
This picture taken from a position in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, shows Israeli military vehicles driving along a road in southern Lebanon on June 22, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is greeted by UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba upon arrival at al-Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi on June 23, 2026. (AFP)
Iran's delegation including FM Abbas Araghchi (C) and Speaker of the Islamic Parliament of Iran, Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf (2ndR) arrive in Switzerland, on June 21, 2026. (AFP)
Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah supporters listen to a televised speech by the movement's leader Naim Qassem during a ceremony during the peak of Ashura, in Beirut's southern suburbs on July 6, 2025. (AFP)
