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In this grab from a live broadcast run by the Russian space agency, a Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a number of satellites blasts outside the city of Uglegorsk, Russia. (AFP)
A woman in Tochal looks out at the polluted skyline of the Iranian capital, Tehran. (AP)
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian speaking in the Iranian Parliament, Tehran, Dec. 28, 2025. (Photo: IRNA)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. (Photo: IRNA)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. (Photo: AP)
Iranian Navy deploying its 34th flotilla of warships to the international waters in the Gulf, April, 2015. (Photo: Tasnim)
Kurdish Women in Bukan practicing Kurdish maqams. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Morgan Ortagus, Deputy Middle East Envoy under U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking at UN Security Council, Dec. 23, 2025. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Russia's Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mikhail Ulyanov. (AP)
Iran unveils domestically built missiles in an exhibition in Tehran, Feb. 3, 2024. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. (Photo: IRNA)
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, L, his British counterpart Yvette Cooper. (Combo photo: Kurdistan24)
A nuclear facility in Iran. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
The photo shows a Tehran courtroom in Iran with the logo of Islamic Republic of Iran's Judiciary. (Photo: ILNA)
The united state flag (L), Iranian flag (R). (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Nobel Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi. (AFP PHOTO/NARGES MOHAMMADI FOUNDATION)