EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in Tehran November 4, 2009. Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in Tehran November 4, 2009.

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  2. 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.
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  5. 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.
  6. 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.
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  9. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with Walid Al-Moualem, Foreign Minister, Syria , at the 64th General Assembly September 28, 2009 at the United Nations in New York.
  10. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (R) and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (2ndL) sign documents during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  11. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (R) attends a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (L) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  12. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (R) speaks during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (L) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  13. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu talks during a joint press conference with Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (not pictured) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  14. Turkish Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a joint press conference with Syrian counterpart Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (not pictured) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The August 19 truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  15. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (R) speaks during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (L) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  16. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (R) speaks during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (L) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The August 19 truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.

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