Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran on Thursday. Ms. Amini died after she was detained by the morality police. (Photo: Associated Press)
Combined photo of Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan 24)
Protests have taken place in the wake of an activist being handed a three-year jail term for purportedly insulting an ex-paramilitary group (Photo: Asaad NIAZI / AFP)
Iraqi border forces stand guard outside a mountain tourist spot which was hit with artillery bombardment in the Zakho district village of Parakh in the north of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, July 22, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Daesh/ISIL (UNITAD) Christian Ritscher, speaks during an interview at his offices in Baghdad, Nov. 14, 2022. (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)
US envoy to northeast Syria Nikolas Granger speaks during a virtual press briefing, attended by Kurdistan 24, Dec. 6, 2022. (Photo: Screengrab/Zoom meeting)
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (left) shaking hands with his counterpart Ayman Safadi, Dec. 6, 2022. (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq)
A picture taken on November 10, 2019, shows an Iranian flag at Bushehr nuclear power plant during an official ceremony to kick-start work on a second reactor at the facility (Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)