People mourn the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US and Israeli strikes, at a square in Tehran on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
Demonstrators wave Iranian flags and banners of armed factions while carrying portraits of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the flag of Kataib Hezbollah during a protest near Baghdad’s Green Zone, Feb. 28, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (R), and Tom Barrack, U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye and Special Envoy for Syria (L), on Feb. 27, 2025. (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister’s media office )
The head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki (R), and Tom Barrack, U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye and Special Envoy for Syria (L), on Feb. 27, 2025. (Photo: Maliki’s media office)
Supporters of incumbent Iraqi PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani wave national flags in front of a screen displaying his portrait as they celebrate his victory in the elections, in Baghdad, Nov. 12, 2025. (AFP)
Abdulkarim Hashem Mustafa, Iraq’s ambassador to Moscow (R), and Igor Nikolayevich Zubov, State Secretary and Deputy Interior Minister of Russia (L). (Photo: Iraq’s Foreign Ministry)
Iraqi security forces rush to rescue colleagues from crashed vehicles at the site of a deadly traffic accident in Anbar, as thick smoke rises from other heavily damaged cars in the background, Feb. 25, 2026. (Photo: Social media)
