IRAN SUPREME LEADER SPEAKS IN SEMNAN

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei greets the crowd before giving a speech in Semnan, 156.35 miles (236 km) east of Tehran on November 8, 2006. Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, currently on a three-day visit of this northeastern province, said here Wednesday that a majority of world countries believe the monopoly of certain powers on nuclear energy should be broken. (UPI Photo/Morteza Farajabadi/ISNA)