An Iranian member of the Basij militia holds an anti-US slogan during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 2009 to mark the storming of the American embassy by Iranian students 30 years ago. Thousands of Iranians staged the noisy anti-US rally in central Tehran as riot police armed with batons and firing teargas moved in as several hundred opposition supporters attempted to stage an anti-government protest. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

An Iranian member of the Basij militia holds an anti-US slogan during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 2009 to mark the storming of the American embassy by Iranian students 30 years ago. Thousands of Iranians staged the noisy anti-US rally in central Tehran as riot police armed with batons and firing teargas moved in as several hundred opposition supporters attempted to stage an anti-government protest.

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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. A female member of Iran's Islamic Basij militia smiles as she attends a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  2. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Female members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia hold a placard with pictures of Founder of Iran's Islamic revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (top) and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  3. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Female members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia wait to leave the Imam Khomeini (Founder of Iran's Islamic revolution) grand mosque after a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  4. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia march as they leave the Imam Khomeini (Founder of Iran's Islamic revolution) grand mosque after a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  5. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A female member of Iran's Islamic Basij militia attends a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  6. A cleric who is a member of Iran's Islamic Basij militia looks on while attending a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  7. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Female members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia stand in front of a banner as they attend a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  8. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A girl stands next to her mother who is a member of Iran's Islamic Basij militia during a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  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. Female members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia hold a placard with pictures of Founder of Iran's Islamic revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (top) and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 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. Members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia raise Iranian flags and chant slogans in support of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  11. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A member of Iran's Islamic Basij militia attends a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  12. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Members of Iran's Islamic Basij militia shout anti-U.S. and anti-Israel slogans during a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  13. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A female member of Iran's Islamic Basij militia smiles as she attends a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  14. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A female member of Iran's Islamic Basij militia flashes a victory sign as she attends a ceremony to mark Basij week in Tehran November 26, 2009.
  15. Waving their flags, female members of the Iranian Basij militia affiliated to the Revolutionary Guard, attend a ceremony commemorating 30th anniversary of the Basij foundation, at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009.
  16. A member of the Iranian Basij militia affiliated to the Revolutionary Guard, flies with his motorized paraglider over the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque, during a ceremony commemorating 30th anniversary of the Basij foundation, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. An under construction minaret of the mosque is seen.

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