Iranian members of the Basij militia hold portraits of Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali khamenei (R), during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 2009 to mark the storming of the American embassy by Iranian students 30 years ago. Thousands of Iranians staged the noisy anti-US rally in central Tehran as riot police armed with batons and firing teargas moved in as several hundred opposition supporters attempted to stage an anti-government protest. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

Iranian members of the Basij militia hold portraits of Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali khamenei (R), during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 2009 to mark the storming of the American embassy by Iranian students 30 years ago. Thousands of Iranians staged the noisy anti-US rally in central Tehran as riot police armed with batons and firing teargas moved in as several hundred opposition supporters attempted to stage an anti-government protest.

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  4. Iranian protesters, one of them wearing a wolf's head representing Israel, hold up placards bearing pictures of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and his predecessor, the Islamic republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a keynote address to the annual mass rally of solidarity with the Palestinians at Tehran university on Quds Day, which was Khomeini's brainchild. Ahmadinejad said the Holocaust was a 'myth' and Israel was on its way to collapse, reiterating comments that sparked outrage around the world.
  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. Female members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia hold a placard with pictures of Founder of Iran's Islamic revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (top) and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  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. Female members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia hold a placard with pictures of Founder of Iran's Islamic revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (top) and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  7. Iranian MPs count the ballots after voting for ministers in the cabinet proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a parliament session in Tehran on November 15, 2009. Iran's parliament approved Ahmadinejad's nominations for the final three posts in his 21-member cabinet after rejecting his initial candidates as being unqualified. Framed pictures show late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
  8. Iranian members of the Basij militia hold portraits of Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali khamenei (R), during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 2009 to mark the storming of the American embassy by Iranian students 30 years ago. Thousands of Iranians staged the noisy anti-US rally in central Tehran as riot police armed with batons and firing teargas moved in as several hundred opposition supporters attempted to stage an anti-government protest.
  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. A female member of Iran's Islamic Basij militia smiles as she attends a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  10. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Female members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia hold a placard with pictures of Founder of Iran's Islamic revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (top) and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  11. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Female members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia wait to leave the Imam Khomeini (Founder of Iran's Islamic revolution) grand mosque after a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  12. 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 Iran's Islamic Basij militia march as they leave the Imam Khomeini (Founder of Iran's Islamic revolution) grand mosque after a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  13. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A female member of Iran's Islamic Basij militia attends a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  14. A cleric who is a member of Iran's Islamic Basij militia looks on while attending a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  15. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Female members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia stand in front of a banner as they attend a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  16. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A girl stands next to her mother who is a member of Iran's Islamic Basij militia during a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.

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