A dark smoke cloud engulfs destroyed vehicles near an ongoing fire following an overnight airstrike on the Shahran oil refinery, Tehran on March 8, 2026. (AFP)
Standing individuals from L to R, Trump's special envoy Tom Barrack, Iraq's PM Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani, Iraq's Oil Minister, Hayyan Abdul Ghani. (Kurdistan24))
Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez (R) speaks next to US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright during a press conference after a meeting at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on Feb. 11, 2026.
US President Donald Trump (C) speaks during a meeting with US oil company executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, Jan. 9, 2026. )AFP)