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Leaders stand outside of the White House following the signing of the Abraham Accords on September 15, 2022, in Washington DC. (Chen Mengtong/China News Service via Getty Images)
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![Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani of Bahrian, and Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the UAE at the White House after signing the Abraham Accords on September 15, 2020. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/18216/feature_990fit_9_15_greenway_reeeeeal.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=RYF21xUl)
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani of Bahrian, and Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the UAE at the White House after signing the Abraham Accords on September 15, 2020. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
![Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945. (Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/18201/feature_990fit_9_14_watson.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=0ENSdL7O)
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945. (Wikimedia Commons)
![Members of Taliban led government, as well as many Afghan men participate in celebrations marking the 1st anniversary of the US-led troops' withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 31, 2022. (Photo by Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-06/2022-10-25%20-%20GettyImages-1242836800.jpeg?h=a141e9ea&itok=Jt1EJgee)
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Members of Taliban led government, as well as many Afghan men, participate in celebrations marking the first anniversary of the US-led troops' withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2022. (Photo by Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Taliban gunmen control Kandahar-Herat Highway, near Kandahar on October 31, 2001. (Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty Images)
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US and Israeli flags fly on November 2, 2020. (State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha)
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An Iranian boy in an IRGC uniform waves a flag in front of two ballistic missiles during a rally in Tehran on February 10, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Salman Rushdie at the Blue Sofa at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 12, 2017. (Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)
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![A Taliban soldier the first anniversary of the US withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2022. (Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/18178/feature_990fit_9_7_gilbert.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=D4baP63l)
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A Taliban soldier the first anniversary of the US withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2022. (Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry -- flanked by Chief of Staff Jon Finer, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, National Security Council Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and the Gulf States Robert Malley, and European Union Deputy Secretary General Helga Schmid -- sits across from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Vice President of Iran for Atomic Energy and President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Ira](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-11/9.6%20huessy.jpg?h=bd63d118&itok=-c-RIAsr)
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US officials including John Kerry and Robert Malley negotiate terms of a nuclear nonproliferation agreement with the leaders of Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 19, 2015. (State Department)
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