Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (left) during his meeting with United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, April 7, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Riot police stand guard in Tahrir Square during a demonstration calling for the government to resign, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (Photo: AP)
Russian Ambassador to Iraq Elbrus Kutrashev speaks to Kurdistan 24 at the sidelines of MERI Forum 2021 in Erbil, Oct. 27, 2021. (Photo: Screengrab/Kurdistan24)
Ozgur Ozel, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), gives a speech during an extraordinary congress of the party in Ankara on April 6, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks in a joint press briefing with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Albusaidi after their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 30, 2024. (Photo: AP)
