Surrounded by his bodyguards, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, wipes away a tear during a religious ceremony marking the death of the Shiite Saint Jaafar Sadeq in Tehran on Saturday Oct. 25, 2008. The world's 120 million Shiites venerate the sixth imam, or spiritual successor to the Prophet Muhammad, of the Shi'ite branch of Islam and the last to be recognized as imam by all the Shi'ite sects. Theologically, he advocated a limited predestination and proclaimed that Hadith (traditional sayings of the Prophet), if contrary to the Qur'an, should be rejected. AP Photo logo AP Photo 12 months ago

Surrounded by his bodyguards, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, wipes away a tear during a religious ceremony marking the death of the Shiite Saint Jaafar Sadeq in Tehran on Saturday Oct. 25, 2008. The world's 120 million Shiites venerate the sixth imam, or spiritual successor to the Prophet Muhammad, of the Shi'ite branch of Islam and the last to be recognized as imam by all the Shi'ite sects. Theologically, he advocated a limited predestination and proclaimed that Hadith (traditional sayings of the Prophet), if contrary to the Qur'an, should be rejected.

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  11. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) gestures after a meeting during the 25th session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Istanbul on November 9, 2009. The OIC summit is set to address trade and poverty issues.
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