Iranian women hold up portraits of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) as they listen to his speech in Semnan, 210 kms west of Tehran, on May 20, 2009. Ahmadinejad said in a speech during his visit to the northern town that Iran has test-fired a new medium-range surface to surface missile, named Sejil-2. Two other portraits on top of the posters show Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and his predecessor, the founder of the Islamic republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

Iranian women hold up portraits of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) as they listen to his speech in Semnan, 210 kms west of Tehran, on May 20, 2009. Ahmadinejad said in a speech during his visit to the northern town that Iran has test-fired a new medium-range surface to surface missile, named Sejil-2. Two other portraits on top of the posters show Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and his predecessor, the founder of the Islamic republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

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  1. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks with officials (not pictured) during a meeting with Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah in Tehran November 22, 2009.

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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.
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  7. A Bolivian Muslim woman holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the visit of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, outside the presidential palace in La Paz November 24, 2009. Ahmadinejad is on a one-day visit to Bolivia.
  8. Muslims hold a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as they wait for the arrival of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad outside the presidential palace in La Paz, Tuesday, Nov. 24 ,2009. Ahmadinejad is on a one-day visit to Bolivia.
  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. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks with officials (not pictured) during a meeting with Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah in Tehran November 22, 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. Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah (L) attends an official meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran November 22, 2009.
  11. 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.
  12. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waits for Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem before their meeting at the presidential offices in Tehran on November 4, 2009, with a portrait of the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the background. Muallem is on an official visit to the Islamic republic for talks on regional developments and bilateral issues.
  13. An Iranian protester wraps a Palestinian paper flag around her head as others hold up portraits of the late founder of the Islamic republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and his successor, the current supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R), during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave the 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.
  14. Iranian men hold up portraits 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.
  15. Iranian women hold up a picture of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque, along with portraits of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and his predecessor, the Islamic republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R), 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.
  16. 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.

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