Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives to hold a press conference in Tehran on May 25, 2009. Ahmadinejad ruled out any talks with world powers on Tehran's nuclear drive, but said he was open to a debate with US President Barack Obama. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives to hold a press conference in Tehran on May 25, 2009. Ahmadinejad ruled out any talks with world powers on Tehran's nuclear drive, but said he was open to a debate with US President Barack Obama.

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  1. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd R), Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (R) and Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation (L), stand for the playing of the national anthem while visiting an exhibition of Iran laser science and technology in Tehran February 7, 2010.
  2. Iranian-built satellites, Navid, left, Tolo, center, and Mesbah-2, are seen, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled a model of a new domestically built light booster rocket, named Simorgh, as well as these three Iranian-built satellites, as part of the National Day of Space Technology, which forms part of an ambitious space program that has worried Western powers because they fear the same technology used to launch satellites could also deliver warheads.
  3. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, gestures to the parliament's presiding board, as he arrives to deliver his speech on next year's budget bill, at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Ahmadinejad submitted the budget to the Iranian parliament for approval. Iran's official news agency says the country has planned next year's budget based on an oil price of US$60 per barrel, nearly double the price from last year.
  4. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, submits next year's budget bill to the parliament speaker Ali Larijani, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Iran's official news agency says the country has planned next year's budget based on an oil price of US$60 per barrel, nearly double the price from last year.
  5. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani (C) speaks during a session of parliament where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (not pictured) presented his proposed budget in Tehran January 24, 2010.
  6. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Members of parliament attend a session of parliament where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (not pictured) presented his proposed budget in Tehran January 24, 2010.
  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 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) speaks with lawmakers as he enters parliament to present his proposed budget in Tehran January 24, 2010.
  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. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to lawmakers at the Iranian parliament in Tehran January 24, 2010.
  9. 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 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (bottom) speaks to lawmakers as Iran's Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani watches at the Iranian parliament in Tehran January 24, 2010.
  10. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdes during an official arrival ceremony for Jagdes at the presidency, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010.
  11. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wave as he arrives at the presidency, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Iran has told the head of the U.N. nuclear agency that it does not accept an international proposal committing it to quickly export most of the material it would need to make a nuclear warhead.
  12. Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, center, and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, speak with Ahamed Mohamad Ali, president of Islamic Development Bank, right, 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. An Iranian demonstrator holds a banner showing the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a red cross through the image, during a demonstration outside of Iranian embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009, as part of a protest against the Iranian government. People gathered to protest against recent clashes between opposition groups and government forces in Tehran.
  16. Demonstrators gather near the Iranian embassy in Paris, Monday Dec. 28, 2009, as part of a protest against the current Iranian government policy. Posters display the images of Ayatollah Khamenei, left and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with the words "Down with the Dictator".

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  1. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, submits next year's budget bill to the parliament speaker Ali Larijani, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Iran's official news agency says the country has planned next year's budget based on an oil price of US$60 per barrel, nearly double the price from last year.
  2. 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 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) speaks with lawmakers as he enters parliament to present his proposed budget in Tehran January 24, 2010.
  3. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, welcomes President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdes during an official arrival ceremony for him, at the presidency, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010.
  4. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdes during an official arrival ceremony for Jagdes at the presidency, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010.
  5. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, welcomes President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdes during an official arrival ceremony for him, at the presidency, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010.
  6. Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, center, and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, speak with Ahamed Mohamad Ali, president of Islamic Development Bank, right, 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.
  7. Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, right, and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, 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.
  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.
  9. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, second from left, listens to President Barack Obama, right, during a meeting of House and Senate bipartisan leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington. From left are, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Boehner, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and the president.
  10. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: The swing set used by President Barack Obama's daughters Malia and Sasha is covered in snow at the White House on February 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. The region is expected to get anywhere from 18 inches to 30 inches of snow before the storm moves on.
  11. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: President Barack Obama's motorcade waits to take him to the Democratic National Committee winter meeting in a heavy snow on the south driveway of the White House on February 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. The region is expected to get anywhere from 18 inches to 30 inches of snow before the storm moves on.
  12. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: President Barack Obama greets supporters on the rope line after delivering remarks at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting on February 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. Top party officials and supporters gathered for the annual meeting to map out their agenda for the year.
  13. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting on February 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. Top party officials and supporters gathered for the annual meeting to map out their agenda for the year.
  14. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: President Barack Obama, flanked by Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine (L) and Alice Germond, DNC Secretary (R), delivers remarks at the DNC winter meeting on February 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. Top party officials and supporters gathered for the annual meeting to map out their agenda for the year.
  15. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: President Barack Obama, flanked by (L-R) Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Raymond Buckley, Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine, and Alice Germond, DNC Secretary, and Andrew Tobias, delivers remarks at the DNC winter meeting on February 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. Top party officials and supporters gathered for the annual meeting to map out their agenda for the year.
  16. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting on February 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. Top party officials and supporters gathered for the annual meeting to map out their agenda for the year.

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