Iranian women queue up to vote at a polling station in Tehran 15 December 2006. Iranians go today to the polls in elections for municipal councils and the Assembly of Experts, the body that chooses the supreme leader, in the first test for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad since his election victory last year. Getty Images logo Getty Images 38 months ago

Iranian women queue up to vote at a polling station in Tehran 15 December 2006. Iranians go today to the polls in elections for municipal councils and the Assembly of Experts, the body that chooses the supreme leader, in the first test for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad since his election victory last year.

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  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.
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  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. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) is welcomed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 25, 2009.
  10. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is welcomed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 25, 2009.
  11. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) is welcomed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 25, 2009.
  12. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is welcomed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 25, 2009.
  13. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is welcomed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 25, 2009.
  14. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is welcomed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 25, 2009.
  15. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is welcomed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 25, 2009.
  16. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is welcomed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 25, 2009.

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