Iranian women attend a government-organized Quds Day rally in support Palestinians, as they hold posters showing supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, and Jerusalem's Dom of Rock, center, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. The ceremony was established in 1979 by the leader of the Islamic Revolution and founder of present-day Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Quds is an Arabic term for Jerusalem. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

Iranian women attend a government-organized Quds Day rally in support Palestinians, as they hold posters showing supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, and Jerusalem's Dom of Rock, center, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. The ceremony was established in 1979 by the leader of the Islamic Revolution and founder of present-day Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Quds is an Arabic term for Jerusalem.

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  1. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks with officials (not pictured) during a meeting with Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah in Tehran November 22, 2009.
  2. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah (L) attends an official meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran November 22, 2009.
  3. Iranian MPs count the ballots after voting for ministers in the cabinet proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a parliament session in Tehran on November 15, 2009. Iran's parliament approved Ahmadinejad's nominations for the final three posts in his 21-member cabinet after rejecting his initial candidates as being unqualified. Framed pictures show late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
  4. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waits for Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem before their meeting at the presidential offices in Tehran on November 4, 2009, with a portrait of the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the background. Muallem is on an official visit to the Islamic republic for talks on regional developments and bilateral issues.
  5. A pro-government Iranian female demonstrator, makes her way as she holds a poster showing pictures of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, right, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the conclusion of an annual demonstration in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in a ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the US Embassy by militant students on Nov. 4, 1979. A satirized drawing of the Statue of Liberty, is seen, painted on the wall of the Embassy.
  6. A pro-government Iranian female demonstrator, makes her way as she holds a poster showing pictures of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, right, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the conclusion of an annual demonstration in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in a ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the US Embassy by militant students on Nov. 4, 1979. A satirized drawing of the Statue of Liberty, is seen, painted on the wall of the Embassy.
  7. A woman holds up a sign denouncing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) near the United Nations headquarters in New York September 23, 2009. Thousands of people gathered to rally against the Iranian government and to protest its alleged human-rights abuses following disputed presidential elections in June.
  8. Iranian women attend a government-organized Quds Day rally in support Palestinians, as they hold posters showing supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, and Jerusalem's Dom of Rock, center, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. The ceremony was established in 1979 by the leader of the Islamic Revolution and founder of present-day Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Quds is an Arabic term for Jerusalem.
  9. An Iranian protester wraps a Palestinian paper flag around her head as others hold up portraits of the late founder of the Islamic republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and his successor, the current supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R), during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave the keynote address to the annual mass rally of solidarity with the Palestinians at Tehran university on Quds Day, which was Khomeini's brainchild. Ahmadinejad said the Holocaust was a 'myth' and Israel was on its way to collapse, reiterating comments that sparked outrage around the world.
  10. Iranian men hold up portraits of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and his predecessor, the Islamic republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a keynote address to the annual mass rally of solidarity with the Palestinians at Tehran university on Quds Day, which was Khomeini's brainchild. Ahmadinejad said the Holocaust was a 'myth' and Israel was on its way to collapse, reiterating comments that sparked outrage around the world.
  11. Iranian women hold up a picture of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque, along with portraits of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and his predecessor, the Islamic republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R), during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a keynote address to the annual mass rally of solidarity with the Palestinians at Tehran university on Quds Day, which was Khomeini's brainchild. Ahmadinejad said the Holocaust was a 'myth' and Israel was on its way to collapse, reiterating comments that sparked outrage around the world.
  12. Iranian protesters, one of them wearing a wolf's head representing Israel, hold up placards bearing pictures of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and his predecessor, the Islamic republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a keynote address to the annual mass rally of solidarity with the Palestinians at Tehran university on Quds Day, which was Khomeini's brainchild. Ahmadinejad said the Holocaust was a 'myth' and Israel was on its way to collapse, reiterating comments that sparked outrage around the world.
  13. Iranian MPs count the ballots after voting for ministers in the cabinet proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a parliament session in Tehran on November 15, 2009. Iran's parliament approved Ahmadinejad's nominations for the final three posts in his 21-member cabinet after rejecting his initial candidates as being unqualified. Framed pictures show late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
  14. Iranian members of the Basij militia hold portraits of Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali khamenei (R), during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 2009 to mark the storming of the American embassy by Iranian students 30 years ago. Thousands of Iranians staged the noisy anti-US rally in central Tehran as riot police armed with batons and firing teargas moved in as several hundred opposition supporters attempted to stage an anti-government protest.
  15. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. An Iranian student holds a placard bearing the images of Supereme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) during a rally outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran November 4, 2009.
  16. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. An Iranian student holds a picture of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and Iran's Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a rally outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran November 4, 2009.

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