Former newspaper vendor Sharif Abu Bakr Zakariya sits in his wheelchair at home in the northern town of Kano on Feb. 10 as Iran's first Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini looks on. 

Former newspaper vendor Sharif Abu Bakr Zakariya sits in his wheelchair at home in the northern town of Kano on Feb. 10 as Iran's first Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini looks on. 

Photographer: Donna Abu-Nasr/Bloomberg

Economics

As Trump Makes Threats, Iran Makes Friends

The Islamic Republic is expanding its reach and raising questions over U.S. ambitions to contain the country.

Nigerian carpenter Bashir Muhammad has never been to Iran, but he would fight to the death for the country.

“If Iran wants our help, we are ready to go and help it, even with our blood,” he said. “Donald Trump needs to know that Iran has followers all over the world ready to help defend it against America.”