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Iranian President Masoud Pezeskhian (R) meets with secretary of Russia’s Security Council Sergei Shoigu in Tehran on Aug. 5, 2024. — Iranian President Masoud Pezeskhian (R) meets with the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, in Tehran, on Aug. 5, 2024. — Iran Presidency

11/24/2023 Tehran, Iran. Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are wearing Palestinian scarves and carrying handheld anti-tank grenade launchers as they participate in the Ela Beit Al-Moghaddas (Al-Aqsa Mosque) military rally in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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