An Iranian man holds a framed portrait of the Islamic republic's late founder, Ayatollah Khomenei (R), President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) and the current supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L), during the latter's Friday prayer sermon outside Tehran University on June 19, 2009. Making his first public appearance after daily protests over the official results, Khamenei spoke at the weekly Muslim prayers, calling for an end to street protests over last week's disputed presidential election, and siding with declared winner Ahmadinejad. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

An Iranian man holds a framed portrait of the Islamic republic's late founder, Ayatollah Khomenei (R), President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) and the current supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L), during the latter's Friday prayer sermon outside Tehran University on June 19, 2009. Making his first public appearance after daily protests over the official results, Khamenei spoke at the weekly Muslim prayers, calling for an end to street protests over last week's disputed presidential election, and siding with declared winner Ahmadinejad.

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  1. In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, a clergyman holds a poster showing the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, right, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a meeting of clerics and the supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard on Sunday called for the protesters who tore up pictures of the revered Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to be punished, in the latest pressure on the opposition movement. Television cameras caught images of students tearing up Khomeini's photo during anti-government protests last week and the images have been repeatedly broadcast on state TV. Khomeini remains widely respected and revered in Iran.
  2. This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows pro-government female Iranian students chanting slogans as they hold posters of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their demonstration, at Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The potential for violence inside the campuses was high. Some 2,000 Basiji students were brought into Tehran University early Monday - ostensibly to hold a celebration for the Shiite holiday, but such hard-line students are often used to crush pro-reform rallies on campus. Pro-reform campus groups called for students across the country to turn out Monday for massive rallies at universities against Iran's clerical leadership _ the first major protest in more than a month. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENT.
  3. This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows pro-government female Iranian students chanting slogans as they hold posters of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their demonstration, at Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The potential for violence inside the campuses was high. Some 2,000 Basiji students were brought into Tehran University early Monday - ostensibly to hold a celebration for the Shiite holiday, but such hard-line students are often used to crush pro-reform rallies on campus. Pro-reform campus groups have called for students across the country to turn out Monday for massive rallies at universities against Iran's clerical leadership _ the first major protest in more than a month.
  4. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 MEA - EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) kisses Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after receiving a certificate declaring him as president of the Islamic Republic of Iran from Khamenei in Tehran August 3, 2009. Iran's supreme leader formally approved the second term presidency of Ahmadinejad on Monday after a disputed election that leading reformists say was rigged to ensure the incumbent's victory.
  5. A Bolivian Muslim woman holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the visit of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, outside the presidential palace in La Paz November 24, 2009. Ahmadinejad is on a one-day visit to Bolivia.
  6. Muslims hold a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as they wait for the arrival of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad outside the presidential palace in La Paz, Tuesday, Nov. 24 ,2009. Ahmadinejad is on a one-day visit to Bolivia.
  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 Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks with officials (not pictured) during a meeting with Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah in Tehran November 22, 2009.
  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. Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah (L) attends an official meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran November 22, 2009.
  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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