Protesters in Tehran chant slogans and one holds a poster with a vampire-like illustration of President Trump to protest the U.S. strikes on nuclear sites in Iran. Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption
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A scene after deadly explosions near the tomb of assassinated Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Kerman, Iran, on Wednesday. Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Jan. 8. A Twitter account believed to be linked to Khamenei was permanently banned Friday after posting a threatening image involving former President Donald Trump. Twitter told The Associated Press the account was a fake. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP hide caption
The U.S. killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a targeted drone strike in Baghdad. A U.N. investigator says the action violated Iraq's sovereignty. Here, protesters in Tehran, Iran, hold up an image of Soleimani during a demonstration on Jan. 3. Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump is among three dozen U.S. officials for whom Iran has issued arrest warrants in the Jan. 3 airstrike killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
People hand in their ID cards and receive voting papers at the Hoseyniyeh Ershad building in Tehran. Iran is holding important national elections Friday, choosing members of its parliament as well as its Assembly of Experts. Marjan Yazdi for NPR hide caption
People hold posters showing the portrait of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani at a protest outside the U.S. Consulate on Jan. 5 in Istanbul, Turkey. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption
Experts say Iran may retaliate for the killing of Qassem Soleimani, its top military leader, with cyberattacks on American companies. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the missile strike that Iran launched against air bases in Iraq last week. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Protesters demonstrate over the U.S. killing in Iraq of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 4. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
Defense Secretary Mark told NPR on Monday that the U.S. has the constitutional authority to strike Iranian proxies in Iraq and Iran on its home soil in retaliation for attacks on American forces. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Afghan Army commandos attend their graduation ceremony after a 3 1/2-month training program, at the Commando Training Center on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announce new sanctions on Iran at the White House on Friday. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
At the White House on Wednesday, national security adviser Robert O'Brien hears President Trump address the nation on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
National security adviser Robert O'Brien, is defending the Trump administration's decision to order a drone strike against Iran's top military commander. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
National Security Adviser Defends Briefing On Iran Criticized By Lawmakers
Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi delivers a speech in June during a U.N. Security Council meeting. Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Iran's U.N. Ambassador: Strike On U.S. Bases Was 'Measured, Proportionate Response'
A protester waves the Iraqi flag in Baghdad on Wednesday. Both the U.S. and Iran have launched attacks in Iraq in the past week — including the Iranian missile strike on bases housing U.S. military personnel. Khalid Mohammed/AP hide caption
This aerial photo shows Ain al-Assad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq, in December 2019. Nasser Nasser/AP hide caption
The remains of a burning vehicle at the Baghdad International Airport following an airstrike early Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. military killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump. AP hide caption
During a funeral procession on Monday, mourners surround a truck carrying the coffins of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others who were killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images hide caption
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at a meeting with officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Tehran in September. Zarif spoke to NPR on Tuesday. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption
During a funeral procession at Revolution Square in Tehran on Monday, crowds surround the coffins of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
In this photo provided by the Iranian Students' News Agency, flag-draped coffins of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike are carried on a truck surrounded by mourners in the Iranian city of Ahvaz on Sunday. Alireza Mohammadi/AP hide caption
In this 2016 file photo, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, center, attends a ceremony marking Police Day in Baghdad, Iraq. Muhandis was killed in a drone strike early Friday. Karim Kadim/AP hide caption