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. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

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.

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  2. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) welcomes the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, in Tehran on November 5, 2009. The Qatari leader is on an official visit to the Islamic republic.
  3. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) shakes hands with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, during a welcoming ceremony for the latter in Tehran on November 5, 2009. The Qatari leader is on an official visit to the Islamic republic.
  4. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, in Tehran on November 5, 2009. The Qatari leader is on an official visit to the Islamic republic.
  5. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) shakes hands with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, during a welcoming ceremony for the latter in Tehran on November 5, 2009. The Qatari leader is on an official visit to the Islamic republic.
  6. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) reviews an honour guard with the Emir of Qatar (C), Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, in Tehran on November 5, 2009. The Qatari leader is on an official visit to the Islamic republic.
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  8. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) shakes hands with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, in Tehran on November 5, 2009. The Qatari leader is on an official visit to the Islamic republic.
  9. A combo of two recent file pictures show former Iranian parliament speaker and leader of the National Confidence reformist party, Mehdi Karroubi (L), addressing a press conference in Tehran on October 12, 2008 and former prime minister and opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi speaking after voting in the Iranian capital during the controversial presidential election on June 12, 2009. The two opposition leaders have demanded they be given time to speak on state television for establishing their claims that the June election was rigged, a reformist newspaper reported on October 12, 2009.
  10. Iranian riot policemen try to control opposition supporters as they chant slogans in support of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi while taking part in a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Iranian opposition supporters fought running battles with riot police and hardliners as tens of thousands mounted the first protest in two months against the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
  11. Iranian opposition supporters hold up pictures of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi they protest during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Tens of thousands of Iranians chanted 'Death to the dictator', defying a heavy security presence to mount the first protest against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hotly disputed June re-election in two months, as the hardline president gave a keynote address to Jerusalem Day, an annual mass rally of solidarity with the Palestinians.
  12. Iranian opposition supporters chant slogans in support of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi (portrait), as they protest during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Riot police, armed with batons, beat protesters who were pelting them with stones at Tehran's key Haft-e Tir Square after the main speeches at the Quds Day rally, witnesses told.
  13. Iranian opposition supporters chant slogans in support of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi (portrait), as they protest during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Riot police, armed with batons, beat protesters who were pelting them with stones at Tehran's key Haft-e Tir Square after the main speeches at the Quds Day rally, witnesses told.
  14. Iranian opposition supporters chant slogans in support of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi (portrait), as they protest during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Riot police, armed with batons, beat protesters who were pelting them with stones at Tehran's key Haft-e Tir Square after the main speeches at the Quds Day rally, witnesses told.
  15. Escorted by his bodyguards, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, center left at rear, attends Quds Day rally as a government supporter tries to attack him in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Thousands of opposition supporters held protests in competition with government-sponsored mass rallies to mark an annual anti-Israel commemoration, Quds Day, that reflects the Persian nation's sympathy with the Palestinians.
  16. Escorted by his bodyguards, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, center left at rear, attends Quds Day rally, as a pro-government man tries to attack him, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. housands of opposition supporters held protests in competition with government-sponsored mass rallies to mark an annual anti-Israel commemoration, the Quds Day that reflects the Persian nation's sympathy with the Palestinians.

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