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
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)
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)
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)
A simplified map of the Middle East labeling major nations including, Syria, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)