An Iranian man walks past a mural of Iranian revolutionary guard soldiers in a street in Tehran, Iran, 30 January 2024. The US administration has blamed an Iranian-based proxy for a drone attack in Jordan which killed three US soldiers, and the US president vowed for a response over the attack. Iran has denied any involvement in the drone strike on US troops in Jordan. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





Iranian Zoroastrian youth carry torches to set fire to a prepared pile of wood in a ceremony celebrating their ancient mid-winter Sadeh festival in outskirts of Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, January 30, 2024. Hundreds of Zoroastrian minorities gathered after sunset to mark their ancient feast, creation of fire, dating back to Iran's pre-Islamic past. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





Iranian Zoroastrian youth join hands after setting a prepared pile of wood on fire as they celebrate their ancient mid-winter Sadeh festival in the outskirts of Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, January 30, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





An Iranian Zoroastrian youth carries a torch after setting a prepared pile of wood on fire during Zoroastrians ancient mid-winter Sadeh festival in outskirts of Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, January 30, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





Iranian Zoroastrian youth set fire to a prepared pile of wood in a ceremony celebrating their ancient mid-winter Sadeh festival in the outskirts of Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, January 30, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





An Iranian Zoroastrian priest walks near a giant bonfire in a ceremony celebrating Zoroastrians ancient mid-winter Sadeh festival the outskirts of Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, January 30, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





An Iranian Zoroastrian youth prays after setting a prepared pile of wood on fire during Zoroastrians ancient mid-winter Sadeh festival in outskirts of Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, January 30, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





Iranians walk past a picture of Iranian late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as the country marks the 45th anniversary of Khomeini's return from his Paris exile, in Tehran, Iran, 01 February 2024. Iran will celebrate its 45th revolution anniversary on 11 February 2024. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





Demonstrators burn a U.S. flag during their annual rally commemorating Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, February 11, 2024. Iran marked Sunday the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid tensions gripping the wider Middle East over Israel's continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





Iranians walk next to the electoral posters of candidates running in the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Tehran, Iran, 26 February 2024. Iranians on 01 March 2024 will vote for new members of Iran's parliament, and for the Assembly of Experts, the body in charge of appointing Iran's Supreme Leader. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





A veiled woman walks next to the electoral posters of candidates running in the upcoming parliamentary elections, along a street in Tehran, Iran, 26 February 2024. Iranians on 01 March 2024 will vote for new members of Iran's parliament, and for the Assembly of Experts, the body in charge of appointing Iran's Supreme Leader. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during the parliamentary and key clerical body elections at a polling station in Tehran on March 1, 2024. Polling stations in Iran opened on March1 for voting to select members of parliament and a key clerical body, amid fears of a low turnout and with conservatives expected to tighten their grip on power. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)





Veiled Iranian women fill their ballot papers during the Iranian legislative election at the Abdol-Azim shrine in Shahre-Ray, southern Tehran, Iran, 01 March 2024. Iranians vote for new members of Iran's parliament, and for the Assembly of Experts, the body in charge of appointing Iran's Supreme Leader. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





Veiled Iranian women cast their votes during the Iranian legislative election at the Abdol-Azim shrine in Shahre-Ray, southern Tehran, Iran, 01 March 2024. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





Iranian women take a selfie in the Imamzadeh Saleh shrine during the month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, on March 11, 2024. (Phoot by Majid Asgaripour/WANA)





Iranian women leave Imamzadeh Saleh shrine during the month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, on March 11, 2024. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA)





A woman walks outside at the Emamzadeh Saleh mosque in Tajrish square in northern Tehran on March 12, 2024, on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the Islamic Republic. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)





Young people release wishing lanterns during a traditional fire feast called “Charshanbeh Suri” in Tehran, Iran, 12 March 2024. The festival is held annually on the last Wednesday eve before the Persian New Year (Nowruz), which starts on 20 March this year, also marking the beginning of spring. Nowruz, which has been celebrated for at least three thousand years, is the most revered celebration in the Greater Persian world, which includes the countries of Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and portions of western China and northern Iraq. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





An Iranian man lights a firework during the Wednesday Fire celebration (Chaharshanbeh Suri in Persian) at a park in Tehran, Iran on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA vie Reuters)





An Iranian girl takes pictures with a colorful decoration in the shape of an egg, a symbol of “Nowruz”, the Persian New Year, on display in a street ahead of Nowruz celebrations in Tehran, Iran, 18 March 2024. Nowruz, which this year falls on 20 March and has been celebrated for at least three thousand years, is the most revered celebration in the greater Persian world, which includes the countries of Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and portions of western China and northern Iraq. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)