A poster of Iran's moderate presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi is seen in the ground in Tehran June 13, 2009. Hundreds of supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and moderate challenger Mousavi clashed in Tehran on Saturday after a landslide victory for Ahmadinejad in a presidential election, a Reuters witness said. Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

A poster of Iran's moderate presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi is seen in the ground in Tehran June 13, 2009. Hundreds of supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and moderate challenger Mousavi clashed in Tehran on Saturday after a landslide victory for Ahmadinejad in a presidential election, a Reuters witness said.

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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. Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi attend a rally in Tehran in this June 18, 2009 file photo. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on February 11, 2010, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But the climate in the Islamic Republic is much harder than before last year's post-election protests. Picture taken June 18, 2009.
  2. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Student supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi hold red roses during protests in central Tehran in this December 7, 2009 file photo. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on February 11, 2010, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But the climate in the Islamic Republic is much harder than before last year's post-election protests. Picture taken December 7, 2009.
  3. Former Iranian president Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, gestures as he speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Versailles, west of Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009. The head of the People's Mujahedeen Organization, Maryam Rajavi, said her group could rally behind Mousavi "despite his past" but only "if he accepts distancing himself from the religious dictatorship." The first president of the post-revolution Islamic Republic, Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, also living in France, is less optimistic.
  4. Former Iranian president, Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, gestures as he speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Versailles, west of Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009. The head of the People's Mujahedeen Organization, Maryam Rajavi, said her group could rally behind Mousavi "despite his past" but only "if he accepts distancing himself from the religious dictatorship." The first president of the post-revolution Islamic Republic, Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, also living in France, is less optimistic.
  5. Pro-government Iranian demonstrators chant slogans: 'death to Mousavi', the opposition leader, in a rally at the Enqelab (Revolution) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009.
  6. Pro-government Iranian demonstrators chant slogans: 'death to Mousavi' , the opposition leader, at a rally at the Enqelab (Revolution) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009. The poster shows late spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini, right, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
  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. A man holds a placard with a picture of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, as government supporters protest against opposition demonstrations during Ashura, in Tehran December 30, 2009. The script reads in Persian "Death to the three enemies of Khomeini: Mousavi, Karroubi Khatami, Mr. Hashemi (former President Rafsanjani) Make your stance clear immediately!".
  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. A man holds a placard reading "Mousavi, Khatami this is your last warning" as government supporters protest against opposition demonstrations during the holy day of Ashura in Tehran December, 30 2009.
  9. A demonstrator, standing in fron of a poster of Iranian opposition group leader Maryam Rajavi, shouts slogans as he protests against the current Iranian government in front of the Iranian embassy in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's sister and a relative of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, pressing forward with a broadening crackdown on the reformist movement in the wake of deadly protests this week. The government accused Western countries of fomenting the violence, threatening to "slap" Britain in the face as it summoned London's ambassador to an urgent meeting.
  10. A demonstrator, backdropped by the Iranian flag raises her fist as she protests against the current Iranian government in front of the Iranian embassy in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's sister and a relative of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, pressing forward with a broadening crackdown on the reformist movement in the wake of deadly protests this week. The government accused Western countries of fomenting the violence, threatening to "slap" Britain in the face as it summoned London's ambassador to an urgent meeting.
  11. A demonstrator, standing in front of a poster of Iranian opposition group leader Maryam Rajavi, shouts slogans as he protests against the current Iranian government in front of the Iranian embassy in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's sister and a relative of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, pressing forward with a broadening crackdown on the reformist movement in the wake of deadly protests this week. The government accused Western countries of fomenting the violence, threatening to "slap" Britain in the face as it summoned London's ambassador to an urgent meeting.
  12. A picture of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is crossed in red, as demonstrators protest against the current Iranian government in front of the Iranian embassy in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's sister and a relative of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, pressing forward with a broadening crackdown on the reformist movement in the wake of deadly protests this week. The government accused Western countries of fomenting the violence, threatening to "slap" Britain in the face as it summoned London's ambassador to an urgent meeting.
  13. Supporters of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran protest outside the Iranian Embassy in London to show their solidarity with the Iranian people who are demonstrating in Iran against the government, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's sister and a relative of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, pressing forward with a broadening crackdown on the reformist movement in the wake of deadly protests this week. The government accused Western countries of fomenting the violence, threatening to "slap" Britain in the face as it summoned London's ambassador to an urgent meeting.
  14. Supporters of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran listen to a speech as they protest outside the Iranian Embassy in London to show their solidarity with the Iranian people who are demonstrating in Iran against the government, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's sister and a relative of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, pressing forward with a broadening crackdown on the reformist movement in the wake of deadly protests this week. The government accused Western countries of fomenting the violence, threatening to "slap" Britain in the face as it summoned London's ambassador to an urgent meeting.
  15. A supporter of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran protests outside the Iranian Embassy in London to show solidarity with the Iranian people who are demonstrating in Iran against the government, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's sister and a relative of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, pressing forward with a broadening crackdown on the reformist movement in the wake of deadly protests this week. The government accused Western countries of fomenting the violence, threatening to "slap" Britain in the face as it summoned London's ambassador to an urgent meeting.
  16. Supporters of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran protest outside the Iranian Embassy in London to show their solidarity with the Iranian people who are demonstrating in Iran against the government, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's sister and a relative of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, pressing forward with a broadening crackdown on the reformist movement in the wake of deadly protests this week. The government accused Western countries of fomenting the violence, threatening to "slap" Britain in the face as it summoned London's ambassador to an urgent meeting.

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  8. Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, left, and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, seen during the inauguration ceremony for a new natural gas pipeline at its gauging station in the southeastern Sarahs district near the Iranian border, Turkmenistan, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. A new gas pipeline that will ensure a sharp increase in natural gas deliveries from Turkmenistan to neighboring Iran was inaugurated Wednesday in the Central Asian nation's latest success at diversifying it export routes.
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