Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) shakes hands with UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei (R) as presidential advisor Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi (C) looks on in Tehran, 12 January 2008. ElBaradei met today Iranian leaders on a visit aimed at persuading Tehran to intensify cooperation with his agency over its disputed nuclear programme. Getty Images logo Getty Images 22 months ago

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) shakes hands with UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei (R) as presidential advisor Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi (C) looks on in Tehran, 12 January 2008. ElBaradei met today Iranian leaders on a visit aimed at persuading Tehran to intensify cooperation with his agency over its disputed nuclear programme.

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  2. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes chief of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, upon his arrival for a meeting 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.
  3. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes chief of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, upon his arrival for a meeting 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.
  4. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) shakes hands with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, upon his arrival for a meeting 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.
  5. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) shakes hands with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, upon his arrival for a meeting 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.
  6. 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.
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  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on November 2 to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out. The surprise visit from Ban accompanied a diplomatic push to ensure the November 7 one-horse race does not take place, despite the initial insistence from some officials that it is too late to halt the process.
  14. Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. Hamas said it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president Mahmud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories.
  15. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session of the General Assembly Philippe Thiebaud (L), at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
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