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Tehrān : Iran | 5 months ago  
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 by Nasra Ismail, Middle East Editor of biodun-iginla@bbcnews.com SLIDESHOW Previous Next In this image issued by the semi-official Iranian Students News...
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