Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, centre left, meets with IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, center right, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008. AP Photo logo AP Photo 17 months ago

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, centre left, meets with IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, center right, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008.

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  1. Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei, seen prior to the start of the IAEA's 35-nation board meeting at Vienna's International Center, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, June 15, 2009.
  2. The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei (L), chats with Algeria's Ambassador to Austria and the head of the IAEA board of governors Taous Ferroukhi (R) on June 15, 2009 in Vienna during the opening of the UN atomic watchdog's regular June board meeting. Over the next four days, the agency's 35-member board is scheduled to discuss a wide range of topics, including its annual budget; the election of a successor to ElBaradei, who is stepping down in November after 12 years in office.
  3. The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei (C), opens on June 15, 2009 in Vienna the UN atomic watchdog's regular June board meeting. Over the next four days, the agency's 35-member board is scheduled to discuss a wide range of topics, including its annual budget; the election of a successor to ElBaradei, who is stepping down in November after 12 years in office.
  4. Newly-elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano of Japan briefs the media at Vienna's UN headquarters July 3, 2009. Japanese diplomat Amano, 62, was narrowly elected the next head of the U.N. atomic watchdog on Thursday and he vowed to tackle rich-poor tensions weakening the fight against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. He succeeds Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, who retires in November after 12 turbulent years.
  5. Newly-elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano of Japan (L) briefs the media at Vienna's UN headquarters July 3, 2009. Japanese diplomat Amano, 62, was narrowly elected the next head of the U.N. atomic watchdog on Thursday and he vowed to tackle rich-poor tensions weakening the fight against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. He succeeds Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, who retires in November after 12 turbulent years.
  6. Newly-elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano of Japan attends a meeting at Vienna's UN headquarters July 3, 2009. Japanese diplomat Amano, 62, was narrowly elected the next head of the U.N. atomic watchdog on Thursday and he vowed to tackle rich-poor tensions weakening the fight against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. He succeeds Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, who retires in November after 12 turbulent years.
  7. Th new Director General of the UN Nuclear Agency IAEA, Japan's Yukiya Amano, is seen prior a formal appointment process on Friday, July 3, 2009 in Vienna, after his election on Thursday. The present head, Mohamed ElBaradei, is scheduled to end his term in November.
  8. The new Director General of the UN Nuclear Agency IAEA, Japan's Yukiya Amano, is seen prior a formal appointment process on Friday, July 3, 2009 in Vienna, after his election on Thursday. The present head, Mohamed ElBaradei, is scheduled to end his term in November.
  9. An Iranian man, with pictures of the Islamic republic's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei fixed on his head, attends a rally to celebrate his victory in the presidential elections in Tehran's Valiasr square on June 14, 2009. Ahmadinejad defended his June 12 re-election but his defeated rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi, demanded the result be scrapped, setting the stage for further tense confrontations after the authorities cracked down on opposition protests.
  10. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center in background, seen during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2009. Protesters set fires and smashed store windows Sunday in a second day of violence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election tried to keep pressure on authorities that have responded with anti-riot squads and blackouts of Web networks used to rally the pro-reform campaign. Ahmadinejad dismissed the unrest the worst in the decade in Tehran as "not important" and insisted the results showing his landslide victory on Friday were fair and legitimate. A huge rally in his support was organized even as clashes flared around the capital.
  11. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seen, during a news conference, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2009. Protesters set fires and smashed store windows Sunday in a second day of violence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election tried to keep pressure on authorities that have responded with anti-riot squads and blackouts of Web networks used to rally the pro-reform campaign. Ahmadinejad dismissed the unrest the worst in the decade in Tehran as "not important" and insisted the results showing his landslide victory on Friday were fair and legitimate. A huge rally in his support was organized even as clashes flared around the capital.
  12. Former Iranian parliament speaker and reformist presidential candidate, Mehdi Karroubi (L) and Iranian hardline president and presidential candidate, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) prepare for their live debate on state TV in Tehran on late June 6, 2009. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad clashed with reformist rival Mehdi Karroubi in a televised debate Saturday, defending his controversial economic policies and questioning the cleric's integrity. Karroubi himself accused Ahmadinejad of dishonesty after the incumbent president painted a picture of the economy the cleric said was unreal.
  13. In this photo released by Islamic Republic of Iranian Broadcasting, Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, is seen before a TV debate with the main pro-reform candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday June, 3, 2009. Mousavi accused Ahmadinejad of driving Iran toward "dictatorship" and hurting its standing in the world by questioning the Holocaust, during a rare and unprecedentedly raucous election debate Wednesday.
  14. Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, greets his supporters after attending a TV debate with main pro-reform candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday, June, 3, 2009. Mousavi accused Ahmadinejad of driving Iran toward "dictatorship" and hurting its standing in the world by questioning the Holocaust, during a rare and unprecedentedly raucous election debate Wednesday.
  15. 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.
  16. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives for a news conference in Tehran May 25, 2009. Ahmadinejad on Monday rejected a Western proposal for it to "freeze" its nuclear work in return for no new sanctions and ruled out any talks with major powers on the issue.

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