A tall plume of smoke billows from a fire next to Azadi Tower (C) following strikes near Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026. (AFP)
Iranians ride their motorbike past a huge banner of former IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani ahead, at Valiasr Square in Tehran, Dec. 31, 2025. (AFP)
Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, speaks during a press conference after his meeting with the Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP)
A person points at a page on the Marinetraffic website that shows commercial boats traffic on the edge of the Strait of Hormuz near the Iranian coast. (AFP)