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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden walk into the Rose Garden of the White House June 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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An Iraqi Christian family live in a tent at a displacement camp for Christians after having to flee their district on June 26, 2014 in Erbil, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Egyptians wave national flags in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won Egypt's presidential election. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Kurdish soldiers with the Peshmerga keep guard near the frontline with Sunni militants on June 25, 2014 on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Egyptians celebrate in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won Egypt's presidential election. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Shiite tribesmen gather to join Iraqi security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants, Najaf, Iraq, June 16, 2014. (HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptians celebrate in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won 96.9 percent of the vote in Egypt's presidential election. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Christians at St. Joseph church in Arbil, Iraq, on April 12, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, parade in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on May 29, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
