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FILE- In this Feb. 3, 2012, file photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers Friday prayers sermon, at the Tehran University campus, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating...

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In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the worshippers, in front of a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, before he delivers his Friday prayers sermon, at...

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Iranian soldiers perform Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011.

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An Iranian worshipper attends Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011.

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Iranian worshippers perform Friday prayers, at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.

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Mansoureh Karami, left, widow of Masoud Ali Mohammadi, a Tehran University physics professor, and Behjat Qasemi, widow of Majid Shahriari, a nuclear scientist, whose husbands were killed in bomb attacks last year, attend a conference commemorating Iranian government officials who have...

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Iranian worshippers perform their Friday prayer, at Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, during the Muslims' holy fasting month of Ramadan, a period devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and spiritual introspection.

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Ayatollah Emami Kashani, bottom left, leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011.

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Iranian worshippers perform their Friday prayer at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 6, 2011.

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An Iranian worshipper prays, prior to start Friday prayers ceremony at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Frday, Nov. 11, 2011.

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Iranian worshippers, listen to the sermons of Friday prayers, at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Frday, Nov. 11, 2011.

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An Iranian boy stands among worshippers, as they perform their Friday prayers, at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Frday, Nov. 11, 2011.

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A clergyman makes his way among worshippers as he arrives for Friday prayers, at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011.

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Under the watchful eyes of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and the late founder of Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiles while delivering a speech at the podium of the Friday prayer in Tehran University during the 'Quds Day'...

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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. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during the Eid al-Fitr prayers ceremony at Tehran University August 31, 2011. Khamenei...

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, delivers his speech prior to Friday prayers, after attending an annual nation-wide pro-Palestine rally known as Quds Day, in front of a poster of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at...

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiles as he stands behind a curtain bearing a portrait of the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei before delivering a speech on the podium of the Friday prayer in Tehran University during the 'Quds Day' rally on August 26, 2011.

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Ali Jamali Fashi, center, signs court documents at the conclusion of his trial, at the revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Jamali has been charged with the killing last year of a Tehran physicist, an assassination that Iranian authorities blamed on Israel's...

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Ali Jamali Fashi, attends his trial, at the revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Jamali has been charged with the killing last year of a Tehran physicist, an assassination that Iranian authorities blamed on Israel's Mossad spy agency. Tehran University physics...

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Ali Jamali Fashi, right, who has been charged with the killing a Tehran University professor Masoud Ali Mohammadi, speaks at the podium during his trial, as Ali Mohammadi's widow Mansoureh Karami, left, weeps, in the revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Jamali...

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Ali Jamali Fashi, center, attends his trial, at the revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Jamali has been charged with the killing last year of a Tehran physicist, an assassination that Iranian authorities blamed on Israel's Mossad spy agency. Tehran University...

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Shohreh, right, sister, and Mansoureh, second right, widow of Masoud Ali Mohammadi, a Tehran University professor who was assassinated last year, weep, during the trial of Ali Jamali Fashi, seated at left, who has been charged with the killing of Ali Mohammadi, in the revolutionary...

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Iranian women perform the weekly Muslim Friday prayers outside Tehran University in the Iranian capital on February 4, 2011.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, center, prays, during Friday prayer ceremony, at Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, during the Muslims' holy fasting month of Ramadan, a period devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and spiritual introspection.

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Iranian army air force cadets, in uniforms at bottom, perform Friday prayer, at Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, during the Muslims' holy fasting month of Ramadan, a period devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and spiritual introspection.