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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

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.

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  1. The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (L), welcomes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) at a meeting of 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.
  2. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) arrives at a meeting of 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.
  3. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) arrives at a meeting of 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.
  4. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd L) attends a meeting of 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.
  5. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd R) attends a meeting of 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.
  6. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) walks away after a family photo during the meeting of 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 to address trade and poverty issues.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with Walid Al-Moualem, Foreign Minister, Syria , at the 64th General Assembly September 28, 2009 at the United Nations in New York.
  14. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (R) and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (2ndL) sign documents during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  15. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (R) attends a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (L) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  16. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (R) speaks during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (L) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.

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