Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays during the Friday Prayers and a commemoration ceremony of late Lebanon's Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in Tehran, Iran, October 4, 2024. (Photo by Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters)





A veiled Iranian woman walks past a mural in a street in Tehran, Iran, 07 October 2024. Tensions are growing between Iran and Israel following Iran's large-scale missile attack on Israel. Iran fired more than 180 ballistic missiles directed at Israel late on 01 October 2024, in 'retaliation for different assassinations' carried out by Israel and “the crimes in Palestine and Lebanon”, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said. Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran will pay for the “big mistake”. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA)





An Iranian man rides a motorbike past a billboard (2-R) depicting (L-R) late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and slain Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani at the Enqelab Square, in Tehran, Iran, 07 October 2024. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





Mourners wave flags of Iran, Palestine, and Hezbollah during the funerary procession of Abbas Nilforoushan, the slain commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) who was killed in an Israeli air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs in late September, in Mashhad in southern Iran on October 16, 2024. (Photo by Seyed Mohammad Alerasool/ISNA via AFP Photo)





This handout picture released by the Iranian Army Media Office on November 4, 2024 shows the arrival of Azerbaijani Navy ship (G129) to participate in a sea maneuver between Iran and Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea at Anzali port. (Photo by Iranian Army office/AFP Photo)





Afghan shepherds walk with their sheep along a street in Khash district of Badakhshan province on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)





eople take snap shots next to China's late leader Mao Zedong painting by American artist Andy Warhol as they visit an exhibition titled “Eye to Eye” which showcases over 120 works by modern world artists as well as Iranian painters at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, in Tehran, Thursday, November 21, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





Members of the Basij volunteer Islamic militia gesture as they listen to a speech by the Iranian supreme leader in Tehran, Iran on November 25, 2024. (Photo by Iranian Supreme Leader’S Office/Zuma Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People go shopping at the Tehran's old grand bazaar in Tehran, Iran, 16 December 2024. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





An Iranian woman looks at her mobile phone after the ban on WhatsApp and Google Play was lifted, in Tehran, Iran on December 27, 2024. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





Members of the Iranian Basij paramilitary force attend the force parade in Tehran, Iran, Friday, January 10, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Members of Iranian paramilitary women forces (Basij) march with weapons during an anti-Israeli rally to show their solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese people, in Tehran, January 10, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A veiled Iranian woman walks next to a mural in Tehran, Iran, 15 January 2025. According to IRNA news agency, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in his interview with NBC that Iran is ready to negotiate with US President-elect Donald Trump's government based on mutual respect and commitment and equal interest. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





A picture shows copies of Iranian daily newspapers, including “Sazandegi” (C) showing on its front page a picture of US President Donald Trump and a headline in Farsi reading “Again Trump” at a newsstand in Tehran on January 21, 2025. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)





An Iranian salesperson reads a newspaper featuring a portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump, with a title in Persian that reads, Delusional Dreamer, on its front page in Tehran, Iran, on January 23, 2025. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Iranian stuntwomen coach Nasrin Teymouri (back) and Marjan Rabiee (front) ride past the fire during a training session in Tehran, Iran, 24 January 2025. Iranian stuntwoman Nasrin Teymouri leads and coaches Iran's first female stunt team with nearly 20 students of different ages, most of whom are passionate about cinema. Her team is under the House of Cinema department and performs in several movies and series. Being a stuntwoman was once considered taboo for women in Iranian society, Teymouri said, as many stuntmen in the cinema industry still resent women entering the profession. She added that many other men in the Cinema department do help and support them. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA)





Men, wearing traditional clothes, are seen as “Pir Shaliar” event, which is celebrated twice a year, continues in the Hawraman, Iran on January 30, 2025. At the event, def teams consisting of men and women formed dhikr rings by playing the def on the slopes of the mountain accompanied by hymns. (Photo by Fariq Faraj Mahmood/Anadolu via Getty Images)





An Iranian woman walks next to a wall painting in a street in Tehran, Iran, 03 February 2025. Iran will celebrate its 46th revolution anniversary on 10 February 2025. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA)





A pedestrian uses an umbrella during snowfall in Tehran, Iran, 09 February 2025. Iran's Meteorological Organization issued an orange warning for various areas in the province of Tehran, expected to be affected by fog, snowstorms, rain, and landslides, causing transportation disruptions on land and flight delays between February 9 to 11. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





Motorists use a street during snowfall in Tehran, Iran, 09 February 2025. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)