Iranians are observing the national Women's Day. The occasion coincides with the birth anniversary of Lady Fatemeh, the daughter of the prophet of Islam.
Three years have passed since the US assassination of top Iranian military commander, General Qassem Soleimani. This is one of the dozens of commemoration ceremonies that have been held across Iran. Senior military and state officials attended this gathering in Tehran to pay their respects to General Soleimani.
The Iranian Army has staged large-scale naval exercises in the Sea of Oman and north of the Indian Ocean aimed at testing its domestically-built military equipment.