CEREMONY MARKS 16 YEARS SINCE DEATH OF AYATOLLAH KHOMENI
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a ceremony to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini,who was the father of 1979 Islamic revolution, on June 4, 2005 in Tehran. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Rezaei)
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