File picture dated February 5, 2007 shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) walking with his close adviser Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi (R) to welcome Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in Tehran. Hashemi, a top advisor to hardline Ahmadinejad has resigned to join his campaign for the June presidential election, the state news agency IRNA reported on April 15, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 34 months ago

File picture dated February 5, 2007 shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) walking with his close adviser Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi (R) to welcome Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in Tehran. Hashemi, a top advisor to hardline Ahmadinejad has resigned to join his campaign for the June presidential election, the state news agency IRNA reported on April 15, 2009.