In this file photo taken on November 19, 2021, Iranians gather during a protest to voice their anger after their province's lifeblood river dried up due to drought and diversion, in the central city of Isfahan. (Photo: Fatmeh Nasr / ISNA /
This handout image provided by the Iranian Army Office on November 7, 2021, shows Iranian soldiers participating in a military exercise on the shore of the Sea of Oman in the coastal region of Baluchistan. (Photo: Iranian Army office / AFP)
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)
