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Aug 24, 2021

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian attends an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the situation in Yemen on June 16, 2015 in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah. — Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (C) attends an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to discuss the situation in Yemen on June 16, 2015, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. — AFP via Getty Images

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An Iranian man reads a prayer over the coffins of late president Ebrahim Raisi (portrait top L) and late governor of Iran's East Azerbaijan Province Malik Rahmati (portrait top R) during a funeral ceremony at the Imam Reza shrine, in the city of Mashhad, on May 23, 2024.

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