Iran’s sole nuclear power plant outside the city of Bushehr has undergone a temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on June 20, 2021. (Photo: Majid Asgaripour/Mehr News Agency/AP)
President Ebrahim Raisi attends a live televised interview with state-run TV, at the presidency office in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 4, 2021. (Photo: Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
Iranian army equipment on the move during a military exercise in the country's northwest close to the Iranian-Azerbaijani border. (Photo: Iranian Army office / AFP)
Iranians, some wearing protective gear amid the COVID-19 pandemic, shop at the Tajrish Bazaar market in the capital Tehran on July 14, 2020. (Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP)
The oil tanker Mercer Street, which came under attack last week off the coast of Oman, is seen moored off Fujairah, UAE. The UK navy warned of a “potential hijack” of another ship in the Gulf of Oman on Aug. 3. (Photo: Jon Gambrell/AP)
