Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki visits Iran

Iranian-Iraqi women hold flags of Iran and Iraq and cheer for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (not seen) after arriving at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran on January 3, 2009. Al-Maliki is in Tehran to discuss bilateral relations in the wake of the expiration of the U.N. mandate for international security forces in Iraq. That mandate officially expires Wednesday. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)