Shi’ite Muslims gather for a protest march and chant anti-US and anti-Israel slogans, after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Saturday, in Srinagar, occupied Kashmir, March 1, 2026. —Reuters
Shi’ite Muslims gather for a protest march and chant anti-US and anti-Israel slogans, after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Saturday, in Srinagar, occupied Kashmir, March 1, 2026. —Reuters
Iraqis, one holding a portrait of the assassinated Iranian supreme leader, look on as they try to approach a bridge leading to the Green Zone where the US embassy is located in Baghdad on March 1, 2026. —AFP
Iraqis, one holding a portrait of the assassinated Iranian supreme leader, look on as they try to approach a bridge leading to the Green Zone where the US embassy is located in Baghdad on March 1, 2026. —AFP
Shi’ite Muslims react as they gather for a protest march, after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Saturday, in Srinagar, occupied Kashmir, March 1, 2026. —Reuters
Shi’ite Muslims react as they gather for a protest march, after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Saturday, in Srinagar, occupied Kashmir, March 1, 2026. —Reuters
Iraqis security forces watch as protesters try to approach a bridge leading to the Green Zone where the US embassy is located, in Baghdad on March 1, 2026. —AFP
Iraqis security forces watch as protesters try to approach a bridge leading to the Green Zone where the US embassy is located, in Baghdad on March 1, 2026. —AFP

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