An aerial picture shows mourners gathering around coffins during a mass funeral for Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (IS) group village of Kojo in Sinjar distric, Feb. 6, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
A man gives his information to an elections staff member at the interior ministry in Tehran to register as a candidate for the June 18 Iran presidential elections, May 11, 2021. (Photo: Vahid Salemi/AP)
A Syrian woman and her child sit by their belongings awaiting departure as another group of families is released from the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp outside the northern Syrian city of Hasakah, March 18, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Delil Souleiman)
The flags of Saudi Arabia (left) and Iran. Tehran on May 10, 2021 confirmed for the Islamic Republic had held secret talks with the Kingdom. (Photo: Archive)
Mourners attend the funeral of assassinated Iraqi anti-government activist Ihab al-Wazni (Ehab al-Ouazni) at the Imam Hussein Shrine in the central holy shrine city of Karbala on May 9, 2021. (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf / AFP)
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on May 8, 2021, shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R), and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan (2-R) in Jeddah. (Photo: Bandar Al-Jaloud/AFP/Saudi Royal Palace)
Iran’s Governor to the IAEA, Kazem Gharib Abadi leaves the Grand Hotel Wien where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, May 7, 2021. (Photo: Lisa Leutner/AP)
Syrians being treated for breathing difficulties in the town of Saraqeb are shown at a field hospital in a village on the outskirts of Saraqeb after a reported chemical attack. Feb. 3, 2018. (Photo: AFP/Omar Haj Kadour