Iranian soldiers march past President Ebrahim Raisi during a military parade as part of a ceremony marking the country's annual army day in Tehran on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)





Iranian army members march during Army Day parade at a military base in northern Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. In the parade, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran's attack over the weekend. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





A worshipper holds a portrait of the late Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, during an anti-Israeli gathering after Friday prayer in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 19, 2024. An apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran saw troops fire air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan, an assault coming in retaliation for Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





A woman walks past a wall painting of a child in Tehran, Iran, 25 April 2024. Tension between Iran and Israel continues since Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched drones and missiles towards Israel on 13 April 2024, following an airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Syria, which Iran claimed was conducted by Israel. Iranian state media reported that three aerial objects were destroyed by air defense systems over the central city of Isfahan in the early morning of 19 April 2024. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





A shopkeeper smokes water pipe at his shop at the old main bazaar of Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





Iranian navy vessels and speedboats conduct manoeuvres during Persian Gulf National Day near the port of Bushehron April 29, 2024. The event celebrates the liberation of the country’s south from Portuguese occupation in 1622. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Ajansı)





Iranian women weave carpets at a workshop in the city of Kashan, about 152 miles (245 km) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





An Iranian woman weaves a carpet at a workshop in the city of Kashan, about 152 miles (245 km) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





An Iranian woman weaves a carpet at a workshop in the city of Kashan, about 152 miles (245 km) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





A man speaks on a cell phone while walking past a relief on an ancient gate in the ruins of ancient Persepolis, which served as the capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BC), in southern Iran on May 13, 2024. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)





A woman poses for a picture before an ancient gate while touring through the ruins of ancient Persepolis, which served as the capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BC), in southern Iran on May 13, 2024. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)





People follow the news of a crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, on a TV in a shop in Tehran, Iran, on May 19, 2024. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)via Reuters)





An Iranian woman prays for President Ebrahim Raisi in a ceremony at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





People hold up posters of President Ebrahim Raisi during a mourning ceremony for him at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 20, 2024. Iranian President Raisi and the country's foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





Rescue team members at the scene of the crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran on May 20, 2024. (Photo by WANA via Reuters)





A woman reads a newspaper with a front-page report on the crash of the Iranian president's helicopter outside a kiosk in Tehran on May 20, 2024. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was declared dead on May 20 after rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western mountain region, sparking mourning in the Islamic republic. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)





A woman mourns the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash at Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 20, 2024. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead on May 20 after search and rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded mountain region, sparking mourning in the Islamic republic. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)





In this photo provided by Fars News Agency, mourners try to touch the coffins of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, top, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, left, and Raisi's chief bodyguard Gen. Mehdi Mousavi, who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday in a mountainous region of the country's northwest, during a funeral ceremony at the city of Tabriz, Iran, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Mourners in black began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran's late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash, a government-led series of ceremonies aimed at both honoring the dead and projecting strength in an unsettled Middle East. (Photo by Ata Dadashi, Fars News Agency via AP Photo)





People attend a funeral ceremony for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, May 21, 2024. (Photo by Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





People walk past a billboard with a picture of the late Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on a street in Tehran, Iran on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)