President Ebrahim Raisi attends a live televised interview with state-run TV, at the presidency office in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 4, 2021. (Photo: Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations Special Representative for Iraq, is pictured while speaking to journalists in Baghdad on Iraq's upcoming elections in October, Sept. 7, 2021. (Photo: Screengrab/Kurdistan24)
Baba Sheikh Ali Elias Haji Nasir, the spiritual leader of the Yezidis (L), Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (C), and Mir Hazim Tahseen Beg right before a meeting in Erbil. (Photo: KRG Media Office)