A Syrian voter shows a ballot with the pictures of the three candidates in Syria’s presidential election, including President Bashar al-Assad (right), before casting her vote in Damascus on May 26, 2021. (Photo: Louai Beshara/AFP)
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, left, leaves after addressing the media regarding the monitoring of Irans’s nuclear energy program at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2021. (Photo: Florian Schroetter/AP)
In this May 12, 2014 file photo, campaign posters for the upcoming presidential election adorn a street in Damascus, Syria. The banner reads, “Together with Bashar Assad.” (Photo: AP/File)
KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Françoise Dumas, the head of defense commission at the French National Assembly, May 25, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
Ebrahim Raisi, head of Iran’s judiciary, waves to media as he registers his candidacy for the June 18 presidential elections, May 15, 2021. (Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
A man rides a bicycle past election campaign billboards depicting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a candidate for the upcoming presidential vote, in Damascus on May 23, 2021. (Photo: Louai Beshara/AFP)
A man rides his bicycle past a banner reading in Arabic “Who killed me?” and depicting Iraqi activist Ihab al-Wazni (Ehab al-Ouazni), who was shot dead in an ambush in Karbala on May 23, 2021. (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP)
Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi presents his identification as he registers his candidacy for Iran's presidential elections, at the Interior Ministry in capital Tehran, May 15, 2021. (Photo: Atta Kenare / AFP)
A child looks at the damaged room of his family apartment after by Israeli airstrikes near a residential building, in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, May 20, 2021. (Photo: Adel Hana/AP)
Since the outbreak of protests in Iraq in October 2019, more than 80 activists have been subjected to assassination or assassination attempts. (Photo: Reuters)
