A girl sits looking at her mobile phone in front of an english bookshop in Tehran on September 7, 2026. Testing has been suspended in Iran since September 1 following the latest US sanctions, announced last week as part of what Washington calls its "economic asphyxiation" of Iran amid the Middle East war that broke out on February 28. The US-based Educational Testing Service (ETS), which administers the TOEFL English proficiency test, said the exam was suspended after the US Department of the Treasury halted licenses which authorized those tests and related educational services. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /