A man rides his bicycle past a banner reading in Arabic “Who killed me?” and depicting Iraqi activist Ihab al-Wazni (Ehab al-Ouazni), who was shot dead in an ambush in Karbala on May 23, 2021. (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP)
Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi presents his identification as he registers his candidacy for Iran's presidential elections, at the Interior Ministry in capital Tehran, May 15, 2021. (Photo: Atta Kenare / AFP)
A Syrian woman who lives in Lebanon, casts her ballot for her country’s presidential election at the Syrian embassy in Yarze, east of Beirut, Lebanon, May 20, 2021. (Photo: Hussein Malla/AP)
A man gives his information to an elections staff member at the interior ministry in Tehran to register as a candidate for the June 18 Iran presidential elections, May 11, 2021. (Photo: Vahid Salemi/AP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right), receives Mohammed al-Halbousi, Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, May 3, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
In this May 12, 2014 file photo, campaign posters for the upcoming presidential election adorn a street in Damascus, Syria. The banner reads, “Together with Bashar Assad.” (Photo: AP/File)
Masrour Barzani (Right), Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government, with Barham Salih, the President of the Republic of Iraq, April 29, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
