Masih Alinejad speaks onstage during a conference hosted by Women In Cable Television on Oct. 16, 2018, in New York City. Larry Busacca/Getty Images hide caption
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei receives a shot of COVIran Barekat, an Iranian-produced COVID-19 vaccine, in Tehran on Friday. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP hide caption
Iran's Supreme Leader Got A Locally Made COVID Shot But Vaccine Struggles Persist
In this 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr. Iran's sole nuclear power plant has undergone a temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday. Majid Asgaripour/AP hide caption
Ebrahim Raisi, a candidate in Iran's presidential elections waves to the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Tehran on Friday. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
A supporter of presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi shows her hand with writing in Persian that reads "Raisi," during a rally in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday. He is the country's hard-line judiciary chief and is closely aligned with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
The Iranian navy's replenishment vessel IS Kharg passes through the Suez canal at Ismailia, Egypt, in 2011. AP hide caption
In this Jan. 26, 2021, file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif appears during talks in Moscow. A recording of Zarif offering a blunt appraisal of diplomacy and the limits of power within the Islamic Republic has leaked out publicly. AP hide caption
In this photo illustration, the Clubhouse logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Most Iranians don't have iPhones but an unofficial, Android-friendly version is growing popular in the country. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
In Iran, Clubhouse Means Unfiltered Chats, Even With Top Officials. But For How Long?
Avril Haines, director of national intelligence, testifies Wednesday about worldwide threats during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. Graeme Jennings/Pool/AP hide caption
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (second right) listens to head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi while visiting an exhibition of Iran's new nuclear achievements in Tehran on Saturday. Iranian Presidency Office via AP hide caption
A staff person removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with representatives of the United States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks in July 2015 in Vienna. Carlos Barria/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A man reads the news about the U.S. elections on Nov. 9 in Tehran. Many Iranians are hopeful that President Biden will lifts sanctions imposed on Iran by his predecessor. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Volunteers clear the Old Market district of debris in Aleppo, Syria, in 2019. Years of fighting have left many sections of Aleppo destroyed. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been responsible for policing the Iran deal. It has sealed some equipment, preventing its use, and installed cameras and other electronic monitoring. AFP/IRNA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
With Iranian Nuclear Deal In Limbo, Some Worry Inspectors Will Lose Access For Good
Shattered glass is on the ground following a rocket attack in Irbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Feb. 15. On Thursday, the U.S. launched airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed groups in eastern Syria in response to recent attacks against Americans in Iraq. Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi meets over the weekend with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Friends and family members of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim (shown in the raised image), attend a memorial ceremony in the garden of the family residence in the capital Beirut's southern suburbs, a week after he was found dead in his car, on Feb. 11. Slim, 58, was an outspoken critic of Hezbollah. Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Kayhan Kalhor is an Iranian kamancheh virtuoso and composer whose work has been celebrated around the globe. Julia Gunther for NPR hide caption
After U.S. Immigration Battle, Musician Kayhan Kalhor Returns To Iran
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, speaks during a meeting with military commanders in Tehran on Sunday. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP hide caption
Jake Sullivan, President Biden's national security adviser, says there are some foreign policy initiatives the Trump administration started that the new White House will build on. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Biden Won't Reverse All Of Trump's Foreign Policy. Here's What He'll Keep
Technicians work inside of a uranium conversion facility producing unit in 2005 outside the city of Isfahan, Iran. After the 2015 Iran nuclear deal put limits on the program, Iran's government has been increasing uranium enrichment since the United States pulled out of deal. Getty Images hide caption
Iran is seeking to detain President Trump over the U.S. killing of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani. Here, an Iraqi fighter stands in front of a banner at the site of the drone strike at Baghdad International Airport. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A seized South Korean-flagged tanker is escorted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats in the Persian Gulf. This comes as Tehran is enriching nuclear fuel to 20% purity. Tasnim News Agency via AP hide caption