Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) listens to Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar (C) as newly appointed head of the Iranian elite Revolutionary Guards, General Mohammad Ali Jaafari (R) salutes during an annual military parade to mark Iran's eight-year war with Iraq in the capital Tehran, 22 September 2007. Getty Images logo Getty Images 29 months ago

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) listens to Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar (C) as newly appointed head of the Iranian elite Revolutionary Guards, General Mohammad Ali Jaafari (R) salutes during an annual military parade to mark Iran's eight-year war with Iraq in the capital Tehran, 22 September 2007.

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