Middle East Tensions
A Houthi supporter chants slogans as he carries a rocket replica, Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP)
Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) and Victoria Taylor (L), director of the Atlantic Council's Iraq Initiative. (Photo: Iraq's Foreign Ministry)
Cargo ships, including bulk carriers and general cargo vessels, sit at anchor offshore as a small motorboat passes in the foreground, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4 , 2026. (AP)
Iran's army cadets march during an annual military parade, Tehran, Iran, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
U.S. President Donald Trump. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Iran's Foreign Ministry building. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Iran Claims Defense Self-Sufficiency Above 90% as Weapons Output Rises
Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles are displayed at Azadi Square in Tehran on August 2, 2026. (AFP)
Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on Aug. 10, 2026. (AFP)
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Abdul Rahman al-Jazairi, head of the political bureau of the Iraqi National Current and Coordination Framework leading member. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Iranians drive past an anti-US billboard at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on Aug. 3, 2026. (AFP)
Cargo ships are seen at sea near the Strait of Hormuz, as viewed from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP)
