Iran's Supreme Leader pays tribute to late Imam Khomeini in Tehran
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) prays as he visits the shrine of late Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran, Iran on January 2008. Mostafa Khomeini, Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Rohollah Khomeini's grandson is seen on the right while he reads Koran. On the eve of the annual `Ten-Day Dawn' celebrations marking the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the supreme leader renewed his allegiance to the ideals of the late Imam. (UPI Photo/Iran's Supreme Leader Official website). .
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