Iraqi workers shovel salt from Lake Najaf, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

This picture shows an aerial view of salt mounds emerging from Lake Najaf, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

An Iraqi worker shovels salt from Lake Najaf, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

An Iraqi worker shovels salt from Lake Najaf, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

This picture shows an aerial view of salt mounds emerging from Lake Najaf, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

An Iraqi worker walks past salt mounds emerging from Lake Najaf, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

An Iraqi worker collects salt from Lake Najaf or Bahr Al-Najaf (Najaf Sea), at a local refinery for raw salt, located an inland lake in southern Iraq, some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

An Iraqi worker shovels salt from Lake Najaf, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)