Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, Former Vice-President of the European Parliament (top middle), speaking at the press conference, Jan. 10, 2023 (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
In this photo release by the U.S. Navy, hundreds of AK-47 assault rifles sit on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans during an inventory process, Jan. 7, 2023. (Photo: U.S. Navy via AP)
A picture taken on November 10, 2019, shows an Iranian flag at Bushehr nuclear power plant during an official ceremony to kick-start work on a second reactor at the facility (Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
Former Iran's national soccer team coach Ali Daei before an Asian Cup 2011 qualifying soccer match between Iran and Singapore in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 14, 2009. (Photo: Hasan Sarbakhshian/ AP)
Member countries vote on the removal of Iran from membership in the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on December 14, 2022. (Photo: AFP/ Yuki Iwamura)
A mobile phone, displaying a Tweet about the execution announced by Iranian authorities of Majidreza Rahnavard, the second capital punishment linked to nearly three months of protests, Dec. 12, 2022. (Photo: AFP)
A picture taken on November 10, 2019, shows an Iranian flag at Bushehr nuclear power plant during an official ceremony to kick-start work on a second reactor at the facility (Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)