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Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy warships and Basij paramilitary force speed boats are sailing along the Persian Gulf during the IRGC marine parade, which is commemorating the Persian Gulf National Day, near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the seaport city of Bushehr, Bushehr province, in the south of Iran, on April 29, 2024. The Persian Gulf National Day, celebrated on the 10th of Ordibehesht in the Iranian calendar, usually falls in late April or early May and commemorates the expulsion of the Portuguese from the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf in 1622 by the Safavid forces led by Imam Quli Khan under the command of Shah Abbas I. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto) (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto via AFP)
Caption:Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy warships and Basij paramilitary force speed boats are sailing along the Persian Gulf during the IRGC marine parade, on 29 April 2024.Photo credit:AFP / NurPhoto/ Morteza NikoubazlA stock exchange curve appears on a smartphone screen, and a map shows the Strait of Hormuz on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration taken in Athens, Greece, on March 3, 2026.AFP / NurPhoto / Nikolas Kokovlis
The Brent crude oil price chart from the past week is displayed on a mobile screen in this photo illustration, as prices fluctuate amid escalating conflict involving Iran and concerns over global supply disruptions in Brussels, Belgium, on March 2, 2026.
Motorists drive past a plume of smoke rising from a reported Iranian strike in the industrial district of Doha on March 1, 2026. US President Donald Trump said on February 28 that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was dead, after Israel and the United States launched an attack of unprecedented scale aimed at bringing down the Islamic republic. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
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Women members of Iran’s Red Crescent society stand near smoke plumes from an ongoing fire following an overnight airstrike on the Shahran oil refinery in northwestern Tehran on March 8, 2026. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, sparking swift retaliation by the Islamic republic which responded with missile attacks across the region. The war has dragged in global powers, upended the world’s energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to even usually peaceful areas of the volatile region. (Photo by AFP)
US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, on 9 March, 2026.
Rescue workers evacuate an injured person from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas on June 24, 2026. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Venezuela on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported, triggering panic in Caracas, according to AFP journalists. The tremor, which was followed by several aftershocks, was also felt in Colombia. (Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP)
This undated trial evidence image obtained December 8, 2021, from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York shows British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and US financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Rescuers search for victims in a collapsed building in Caracas following an earthquake on June 24. Mandatory Credit: Manaure Quintero/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource
US President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at Chateau de Versailles ahead of a dinner to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States, in Versailles southwest of Paris on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Guillaume BAPTISTE / AFP)
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