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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. , right, accompanied by Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn. , lead a bi-partisan group of senators in supporting President Obama's sanctions against Iran for pursuing nuclear weapons, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, during a news conference... View Photo »
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A road sign is seen in front of the headquarters of NICO (Naftiran Intertrade Company) in Pully near Lausanne February 1, 2012. An examination of the operations of NICO shows just how difficult it is for western companies to untangle their ties with Iran. View Photo »
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The headquarters of NICO (Naftiran Intertrade Company) is seen in Pully near Lausanne February 1, 2012. An examination of the operations of NICO shows just how difficult it is for western companies to untangle their ties with Iran. NICO is under... View Photo »
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A man walks past pictures of, from left, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, displayed outside the Parliament in Islamabad,... View Photo »
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) meets with Pakistani children after receiving flowers upon his arrival at Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a... View Photo »
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is surrounding by guards as he leaves the Chaklala military airbase after disembarking from his aircraft in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for... View Photo »
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaves the Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture in peace efforts with the Taliban... View Photo »
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad walks down from his aircraft at the Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture in peace... View Photo »
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Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, Yury Fedotov and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov,... View Photo »
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Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh and Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, from left, stand together at the third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact Partners in Vienna, Austria, on... View Photo »
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, holds meeting with visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the prime minister's house in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. The Presidents of Afghanistan and Iran convened in... View Photo »
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the prime minister's house in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. The Presidents of Afghanistan and Iran convened in Pakistan for a... View Photo »
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Iran's Ambassador to Russia Seyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi adjusts glasses during a news conference in Moscow February 16, 2012. Sajjadi said plans to cut off supplies of Iranian crude to Europe would only benefit the Islamic republic, which in the past has... View Photo »
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Thai police officers escort Iranian suspect Mohammad Khazaei (C), 42, at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok February 16, 2012. Iran has denied any role in bomb blasts in Thailand attributed to a man with an Iranian passport and accused Israel of being... View Photo »
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Iran's Ambassador to Russia Seyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi speaks during a news conference in Moscow February 16, 2012. Sajjadi said on Thursday that Tehran would accept "no preliminary conditions" for the potential start of new talks with six global powers... View Photo »
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, during a rally marking the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah's top military commander Imad Mughniyeh, in Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. View Photo »
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, during a rally marking the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah's top military commander Imad Mughniyeh, in Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. View Photo »
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (R) chat at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at... View Photo »
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Pakistani Minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin, right, escorts Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upon his arrival at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. The Presidents of Afghanistan and Iran convened in Pakistan for a... View Photo »
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. The Presidents of Afghanistan and Iran convened in Pakistan for a three-way summit that is expected to focus on specific steps Islamabad... View Photo »
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Iran, (Persian: ايران , Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ايران , transliteration: Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān), and formerly known as Persia in the West, is a large Western Asian country located in the Middle East and Central Asia. Its area equals the size of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Germany... Full Article
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Iranians walk past a replica of the captured US RQ-170 drone which is on display next to the Azadi (Freedom) tower during the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Tehran on February 11, 2012. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran has broken the 'idol' of the...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech during the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Azadi (Freedom) Square in southwestern Tehran on February 11, 2012 in which he said that Iran has broken the 'idol' of the Holocaust underpinning the creation of the Israeli...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech under portraits of Iran's late founder of Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) during the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Azadi (Freedom) Square in southwestern...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and Palestinian Hamas premier of Gaza, Ismail Haniya (R) wave to the crowd during the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Azadi (Freedom) Square in southwestern Tehran on February 11, 2012 in which Ahmadinejad said that Iran has broken...
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Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi (L) reviews an honour guard with Ismail Haniya, Palestinian Hamas premier of Gaza, upon the latter's arrival for a meeting in Tehran on February 10, 2012.
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Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, right, welcomes Hamas Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniyeh, in an official welcoming ceremony, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
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Hamas Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniyeh, left, and Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, shake hands, during an official welcoming ceremony for Haniyeh, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
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Hamas Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniyeh, left, and Iranian Vice- President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, join hands, as a gesture of solidarity, during an official welcoming ceremony for Haniyeh, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
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Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi (R) speaks with Ismail Haniya, Palestinian Hamas premier of Gaza, (L) during a meeting in Tehran on February 10, 2012.
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Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi (R) greets Ismail Haniya, Palestinian Hamas premier of Gaza, upon the latter's arrival for a meeting in Tehran on February 10, 2012.
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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Sean Stone, son of U.S. film director Oliver Stone, wears Islamic symbols with the names "Imam Ali" and "Imam Hussein" during an interview...
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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Sean Stone, son of U.S. film director Oliver Stone, reads a religious book he received as a gift from Iranian Muslim preacher Hamid Alimi...
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (L) points to a chart with an excerpt from an Iranian television broadcast as he joins a bipartisan group of senators in a press conference at the U.S. Capitol February 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. The senators met to express...
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This December 10, 2010 file photograph shows India Prime minister Manmohan Singh (L) looks on during a joint press conference after the EU-INDIA summit with European Union President Herman Van Rompuy (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) at the EU headquarters...
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (R) shakes hands with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upon his arrival at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key...
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) greets Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought Pakistan's support on Thursday for advancing the reconciliation process...
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Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn. , accompanied by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. , speaks during a bi-partisan news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, to support President Obama's sanctions against Iran for pursuing nuclear weapons.
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Pakistani Textile Minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin (R) greets Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) upon his arrival at the Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. , left, points to a photo of an Iranian missile emblazoned with anti-Israel propaganda as he and a bi-partisan group of senators join in supporting President Obama's sanctions against Iran for pursuing nuclear weapons, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, during a news...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. , right, accompanied by Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn. , lead a bi-partisan group of senators in supporting President Obama's sanctions against Iran for pursuing nuclear weapons, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in...
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A man walks past pictures of, from left, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, displayed outside the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. The...
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Demonstrators wave Iran's flag and hold up a picture of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a ceremony to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran's Azadi square February 11, 2012. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on the anniversary of the...
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