FILE PHOTO: A Shi'ite volunteer from brigades loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, keeps guard as he mans a machine gun in front of a picture of Iraqi Shi'ite radical leader Muqtada al-Sadr (L) and the Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, in Samarra, July 13, 2014. To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/SHIITES REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo 

A women carries a picture of the late Iran's Quds Force top commander Qassem Soleimani during a symbolic funeral of members of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who were killed by U.S. air strikes on the Syria-Iraq border, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani 

A view shows damaged and destroyed houses in the old city of Mosul on the Tigris River in Mosul, Iraq, June 3, 2020. Picture taken June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

A view shows the destroyed houses in the old city of Mosul, Iraq, June 3, 2020. Picture taken June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

Luay Shaker and his wife Rasha Saeed's rented house is seen between the destroyed houses near the Tigris River in the old city of Mosul, Iraq June 3, 2020. Picture taken June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

Najm al-Jabouri (3L, front) walks next to Mansour al-Mareid (4L, front) during a visit to one of Mosul's temporary bridges in Mosul, Iraq, May 30, 2019. Picture taken May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

Luay Shaker stands at the door of the house he rents with his wife Rasha Saeed in the old city of Mosul, Iraq, May 31, 2020. Picture taken May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

Luay Shaker stands over the remnants of his destroyed house in the old city of Mosul, Iraq, May 31, 2020. Picture taken May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

A view of a damaged bridge leading to the public hospital of Mosul, Iraq June 1, 2020. Picture taken June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

A view shows the destroyed houses in the old city of Mosul, Iraq May 31, 2020. Picture taken May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

Rasha Saeed washes dishes at her rented house in the old city of Mosul, Iraq May 31, 2020. Picture taken May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

Iraqis cross the Tigris River by a boat near a bridge which was destroyed during the war against Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq June 1, 2020. Picture taken June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

Najm al-Jabouri speaks alongside Mansour al-Mareid during a meeting in the command operation of Mosul, Iraq June 3, 2019. Picture taken June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

A view shows the destroyed houses in the old city of Mosul, Iraq June 1, 2020. Picture taken June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

Luay Shaker stands over the remnants of his destroyed house in the old city of Mosul, Iraq May 31, 2020. Picture taken May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

A view shows the destroyed houses and buildings in the old city of Mosul, Iraq June 1, 2020. Picture taken June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

A view of a bridge which was destroyed during the war against Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq June 1, 2020. Picture taken June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid To match Special Report IRAQ-IRAN/MOSUL 

Mourners pray near coffins of Iraqi Federal police officers who were killed by U.S. airstrike, during a funeral in Najaf, Iraq March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani 

Mourners carry coffins of Iraqi Federal police officers who were killed by U.S. airstrike, during a funeral in Najaf, Iraq March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Iraqi men bury a worker, who was killed by U.S. airstrike at an airport building site in the Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Kerbala, during a funeral in Najaf, Iraq March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani 

Flowers lie around a portrait of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in an airstrike near Baghdad, at the Iranian embassy's fence in Minsk, Belarus January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko 

A woman signs a condolence book for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in an airstrike near Baghdad, at the Iranian embassy in Minsk, Belarus January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko 

From Soviet and North Korean technology and national research and development efforts, Iran has acquired a broad range of ballistic missiles potentially capable of striking across the Middle East and Western Asia.

Tohid Afzali (R), head of the political department from the Iranian embassy in Kenya, and Mahmoud Majlesain Cultural counsellor from the Iranian embassy in Kenya attend a news conference at Iran's cultural council in Nairobi, Kenya, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 

Tohid Afzali (R), head of the political department from the Iranian embassy in Kenya, and Mahmoud Majlesain Cultural counsellor from the Iranian embassy in Kenya attend a news conference at Iran's cultural council in Nairobi, Kenya, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 

Tohid Afzali, head of the political department from the Iranian embassy in Kenya, speaks during a news conference at Iran's cultural council in Nairobi, Kenya, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 

A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest against war amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran, outside the United States consulate in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 

A demonstrator holds a sign calling for Canada to withdraw its troops from the Middle East, during a protest against war amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran, outside the United States consulate in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 

Police detain a man during a protest against war amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran, outside the United States consulate in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 

People march as they take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People march as they take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People march as they take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People march as they take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People march as they take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People march as they take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People march as they take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

A man covers his face as people take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

The Naked Cowboy holds a poster as people take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

A man covers his face as people take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

NYPD officers keep an eye on protesters as they take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

NYPD officers get ready to control protesters marching during an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

NYPD officers get ready to control protesters marching during an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

NYPD officers get ready to control protesters marching during an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

NYPD officers get ready to control protesters marching during an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

NYPD officers get ready to control protesters marching during an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

NYPD officers get ready to control protesters marching during an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

NYPD officers get ready to control protesters marching during an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

NYPD officers get ready to control protesters marching during an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People march as they take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

People take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square in New York, U.S., January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

Demonstrators protest against war amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran, outside the United States consulate in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren