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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Yemen's Houthi followers hold placards depicting the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on August 9, 2024, in Sana'a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud via Getty Images)
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A serviceman of a mobile fire group of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is on a mission in Odesa region, Ukraine, on October 10, 2024. (Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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US President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 25, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Pedestrians walk past a sign showing the numbers of the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong on October 8, 2024. (Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images)
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei awards the Order of Fat'h to Amir Ali Hajizadeh in Tehran, Iran, on October 6, 2024. (Iranian Leader Press Office/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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An Iranian flag waves on a beach in Bushehr, Iran, home to Iran's first nuclear seaport, on April 28, 2024. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Explosions erupt as Israeli forces shell buildings in Lebanon on October 6, 2024, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Ugur Yildirim images via Getty Images)
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David Asher
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William P. Barr
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