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A woman walking in front of the mural showing U.S. flag with barbed wire in Tehran, Iran July 07, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee//WANA via REUTERS

May 16, 2017 - Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran: Supporters of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attend a campaign rally. Rouhani gave a speech to his supporters. The elections are scheduled to be held May 19. Iran's presidential election is a choice between moderate incumbent Rouhani and hardline jurist Ebrahim Raisi. Rouhani is seen as the frontrunner, but he faces a tougher than expected challenge from Raisi, who has rallied religious traditionalists and working-class voters disillusioned with the stagnant economy.

People gather to mourn for General Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 4, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

April 14, 2017 - Tehran, Iran: Iranian cleric Ebrahim Raisi arrives at the Interior Ministry to register his candidacy for the May 19 presidential elections. The registration process began at the country’s Election Office, which is located within the Interior Ministry’s premises, and will last for the next five days. Candidates began registering for Iran's May 19 presidential election. The Islamic Republic regards the election in part as a show of defiance against renewed U.S. pressure under President Donald Trump. President Hassan Rouhani, a moderate who engineered Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers that secured a removal of international financial and trade sanctions against Tehran, is expected to seek re-election but faces a stiff challenge from hardline conservative Ebrahim Raisi. After registration entrants will be screened for their political and Islamic qualifications by a hardline vetting body, the Guardian Council. More than 100 candidates have registered so far for the vote. The Guardian Council has stopped hundreds of candidates from participating in past elections.

Iranians wear protective masks to prevent contracting a coronavirus, as they walk in the street in Tehran, Iran February 25, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

People attend the special ceremony of commemoration and laying to rest the remains of 150 unknown martyrs of the sacred defense era in Tehran, Iran June 27, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS.

May 14, 2017 - Esfahan, Iran: Supporters of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attend a campaign rally. Rouhani gave a speech to his supporters. The elections are scheduled to be held on 19 May 2017.

October 8, 2016 - Masuleh, Iran: An old woman from Masuleh village watches the traditional mourning ceremony of Muharram. The traditional ceremony for the Mourning of Muharram, Remembrance of Muharram, or Muharram Observances, is a set of rituals associated with Shia Islam, which takes place in Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. The event marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala when Imam Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad, and a Shia Imam, was killed by the forces of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I at Karbala. The commemoration of the event during yearly mourning season, from first of Muharram to twentieth of Safar with Ashura comprising the focal date, serves to define Shia communal identity.

Women gather in the Shiroodi stadium to celebrate their Hijab in Tehran, Iran July 11, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA News via REUTERS

January 10, 2016 – Tabriz, Iran: An Iranian man who sells carpet sits at his store in a cold winter day. Iranian carpet is one of the oldest and most important Persian arts . Iranians are known in this area all over the world for years. The oldest carpet in the world " Pazyryk " belongs to Iranian back to the fourth century before Christ. Iranian handmade Carpets, is one of the most important economic base and it exports to more than 100 countries around the world such as America , Germany , Italy. Men and women and children in villages and cities such as Tabriz , Kashan, Isfahan, Yazd , Mashhad, Kerman ,and Tehran are engaged in carpet weaving. Weaving carpet by hand is too hard and time consuming and needs to pay attention to details.

The coffins of American and Israel soldiers are seen in an art performance called " American soldiers cemetery " in the former American embassy, symbolizing the hard revenge Iranians want due to the terror of General Soleimani in Tehran, Iran January 21, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

An Iranian woman sits in the bus in Tehran, Iran, August 02, 2017. Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi / TIMA via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

March 16, 2017 - Tehran, Iran: The tombstone of three Iranian soldiers who were killed during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. Each year at the last Thursday on the Iranian calendar, Iranian people go to cemetery and spend their times near tombstones of relatives or friends.

A general view shows the Tochal ski resort, in north of Tehran, Iran December 13, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

A woman holds her cellphone during a protest against the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were killed in an air strike in Baghdad airport, in front of UN office in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Iraqi worshipers pray at a mosque in Dowlatabad neighborhood in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS.

Men gather in front of the Shiroodi stadium to show their anger of immodest women in Tehran, Iran July 11, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA News via REUTERS

A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard close to Stena Impero, a British-flagged vessel owned by Stena Bulk, near Bandar Abbas port, Iran August 22, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS.

The cemertery crosses are seen in an art performance called " American soldiers cemetery " in the former American embassy, symbolizing the hard revenge Iranians want due to the terror of General Soleimani in Tehran, Iran January 21, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

May 14, 2017 - Esfahan, Iran: Supporters of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attend a campaign rally. Rouhani gave a speech to his supporters. The elections are scheduled to be held on 19 May 2017.

People praying in Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran June 21, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee /WANA via REUTERS. .

May 16, 2017 - Zanjan, Iran: Supporters of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attend a campaign rally. Rouhani gave a speech to his supporters. The elections are scheduled to be held May 19. Iran's presidential election is a choice between moderate incumbent Rouhani and hardline jurist Ebrahim Raisi. Rouhani is seen as the frontrunner, but he faces a tougher than expected challenge from Raisi, who has rallied religious traditionalists and working-class voters disillusioned with the stagnant economy.

Women pray for unknown Iranian soldiers who were killed during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, at Emam Zadeh Saleh holy shrine in north of Tehran, Iran, August 02, 2017. Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi / TIMA via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

A young boy poses for a photo as he wore mask to prevent epidemic Coronavirus in Tehran, Iran February 20, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.