Mahmoud Ahmadinejad endorsed by Khamenei at ceremony in Tehran
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd-R) reads his statement as Iranian cleric Ahmad Janati, who chairs the powerful Guardians Council (L), Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani (2nd-L), Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei (C) and Judiciary Chief Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (R) listen to him during presidential ceremony in Tehran, Iran on August 3, 2009. UPI/Khamenei Official Image
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