Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd in a public gathering in the city of Bijar, during his tour to the Kurdistan province, in western Iran, Monday, May 18, 2009. Iran's supreme leader urged the public Monday not to vote for pro-Western candidates in the June 12 presidential election, though he gave no clear indication of whether he is supporting hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd in a public gathering in the city of Bijar, during his tour to the Kurdistan province, in western Iran, Monday, May 18, 2009. Iran's supreme leader urged the public Monday not to vote for pro-Western candidates in the June 12 presidential election, though he gave no clear indication of whether he is supporting hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Iranian women attend a government-organized Quds Day rally in support of Palestinians, as one of them holds a poster showing late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 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 refers to Arabic term for Jerusalem.
  7. A demonstrator holds a poster of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as he attends a government-organized Quds Day rally in support Palestinians, 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 refers to Arabic term for Jerusalem.
  8. An Iranian man holds a picture of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) as others shout slogans during the weekly Friday prayers, the first since the start of the holy month of Ramadan, at Tehran University in the Iranian capital on August 28, 2009. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called in a speech at the prayers for the punishment of opposition leaders over the unrest unleashed by his disputed re-election.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) gestures after a meeting during 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.

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