Amongst others, a member of the Iranian pro-government Basij militia, center right, chants slogans during a Friday prayer ceremony at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 26, 2009. Ayatollah Ahmed Khatami, a senior cleric, said during nationally broadcast Muslim sermon on Friday that the government should punish "leaders of the riots, who were supported by Israel and the U.S. , strongly and with cruelty." AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Amongst others, a member of the Iranian pro-government Basij militia, center right, chants slogans during a Friday prayer ceremony at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 26, 2009. Ayatollah Ahmed Khatami, a senior cleric, said during nationally broadcast Muslim sermon on Friday that the government should punish "leaders of the riots, who were supported by Israel and the U.S. , strongly and with cruelty."

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  1. US President Barack Obama (L) and Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) chat during a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People on November 17, 2009 in Beijing. US President Obama and China's Hu Jintao pledged to apply their joint political might to the world's toughest problems, but friction was evident on Tibet, economics and Iran.
  2. POTOMAC, MD - NOVEMBER 13: A sign is posted near the Islamic Education Center November 13, 2009 in Potomac, Maryland. Federal prosecutors have moved to seize assets in the United States allegedly controlled by organizations linked to the government of Iran, including the Islamic Education Center in Maryland.
  3. The Israeli military display at the port of Ashdod on November 4, 2009 what they said were hundreds of tonnes of arms sent from Iran to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia after they were found on a ship they seized at dawn around 100 nautical miles from the Israeli coast.'We found dozens of containers, with hundreds of tonnes of arms bound for Hezbollah from Iran,' deputy naval commander Rani Ben Yehuda told reporters, following an announcement about seizing a 137-metre (450-foot) Antigua-flagged vessel named 'Francop'. The shipment, including huge stacks of rockets of various sizes, mortar shells, hand grenades and ammunition for AK-47 rifles, was among the largest ever seized by Israel.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman testifies during a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine alternative U.S. policy options including economic sanctions to minimizing potential threats from Iran.
  5. Chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, holds a joint press conference with Iran's Nuclear Chief Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran on October 4, 2009. ElBaradei said that his inspectors will check Iran's new uranium facility being built near the holy city of Qom on October 25.
  6. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) meets with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief, Mohamed ElBaradei (L), in Tehran on October 4, 2009. The UN atomic watchdog head held talks with Ahmadinejad and other officials on Iran's nuclear drive amid reports it has acquired sufficient data to build the bomb.
  7. BERLIN - OCTOBER 03: Iranian human-rights activists Fariba Davoudi Mohajer (L) and Rezven Moghaddan gesture after receiving a Quadriga Award from Jaleh Lackner-Gohari on behalf of the Million Signatures women's rights movement in Iran at the 2009 Quadriga Awards on October 3, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  8. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 1: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in the Diplomatic Reception room of the White House on October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama spoke on Iran and their nuclear facilities.
  9. Manouchehr Mottaki (L), Iran's Foreign Minister, speaks with Mohammad Khazaee (R), Iran's United Nations Ambassador at a press conference October 1, 2009 at United Nations headquarters in New York. Mottaki said Thursday's Geneva nuclear talks between Iran and six major powers were held in a 'constructive' atmosphere.
  10. US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference at the end of the G20 Summit at the convention centre on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Obama said Friday that Iran must 'come clean' on its nuclear program at October 1 talks with global powers, warning that the world had never been more united in confronting Tehran.
  11. The United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the 64th General Assembly September 25, 2009 at the United Nations in New York.
  12. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 24: (L-R) Students Sholom Reches, Joey Sacharon, and Etan Dinnerman of Yeshivat Rambam, a Jewish school in Baltimore, shout slogans during an anti-nukes rally September 24, 2009 in Washington, DC. Protesters participated in the rally to say no to Iran for possessing nuclear weapons.
  13. French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses a speech during the first day of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 23, 2009. Sarkozy Wednesday warned Iran against 'making a tragic mistake' in pursuing its suspect nuclear program.
  14. Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against Iran's government in front of the United Nations as the UN General Assembly meets in New York on September 23, 2009. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to deliver a closely-watched speech at the UN General Assembly where US President Barack Obama put Iran on the spot over its nuclear aims.
  15. BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 28: Iraqis cry as the body of Shiite political leader and cleric Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim arrives from Iran at Baghdad International Airport on August 28, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Hakim, a powerful political figure and leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI), died at an Iranian hospital after suffering from lung cancer.
  16. POZNAN, POLAND - AUGUST 25: Mohsen Shadi Naghadeh of Iran competes in the Lightweight Men's Single Sculls on day three of the World Rowing Championships on August 25, 2009 in Poznan, Poland.

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