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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

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.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks under a picture of late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at a military parade to mark the anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war in southern Tehran September 22, 2009.
  10. Lebanese protesters and Muslim clerics burn Israeli flags during a demonstration marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, on the border with Israel, on September 18, 2009. Quds Day, held each year on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, is the brainchild of Iran's late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as a display of solidarity with the Palestinians.
  11. A burqa-clad Bahraini Shiite woman holds a picture of missing Lebanese Shiite leader Imam Mussa Sadr during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Manama on September 18, 2009. Quds Day, held each year on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, is the brainchild of Iran's late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as a display of solidarity with the Palestinians.
  12. Bahraini Shiites wave Palestinian and Hezbollah (yellow) flags during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Manama on September 18, 2009. Quds Day, held each year on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, is the brainchild of Iran's late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as a display of solidarity with the Palestinians. Posters show (back L-R) Khomeini, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and (front L) missing Lebanese Shiite leader Imam Mussa Sadr.
  13. Palestinian men hold fake rockets as they take part in a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day at the Yarmuk refugee camp near the Syrian capital Damascus on September 18, 2009. Quds Day, held each year on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, is the brainchild of Iran's late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as a display of solidarity with the Palestinians.
  14. People gather to demonstrate in support of the Palestinian people, on the so called 'Jerusalem Day' with many carrying posters of late Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, in Manama, Bahrain. The last Friday in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan was named Jerusalem Day by Khomeini, some years ago, declaring it a day for all Muslims to support Palestinians.
  15. Lebanese Hezbollah members take part in a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Beirut on September 18, 2009. Quds Day, held each year on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, is the brainchild of Iran's late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as a display of solidarity with the Palestinians.
  16. Women hold a Palestinian flag as they take part in a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 18, 2009. Quds Day, held each year on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, is the brainchild of Iran's late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as a display of solidarity with the Palestinians.

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