Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the media after casting his ballot during the Islamic republic's presidential election in Tehran on June 28, 2024. The snap election, called after the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month, comes against a backdrop of heightened regional tensions over the Gaza war and discontent over the state of Iran's sanctions-hit economy. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)