Ali Khamenei

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, speaks during a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of the death of Iran's revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Khomeini (shown in the poster at right), at his mausoleum outside Tehran on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Fars News Agency)

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In this picture released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the northwestern city of Mashhad, Iran, Thursday, March 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

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**FILE** Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister of the Gaza Strip, delivers a speech in front of portraits of the late Iranian revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left), and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a visit to Tehran on Feb. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Beside a poster of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, mourners carry a flag draped coffin of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a chemistry expert and a director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, in his funeral ceremony, on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Iranian Students News Agency, Mehdi Ghasemi)

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, warned Israel and the United States on Thursday to expect military response if Iran's nuclear facilities are attacked. (Associated Press)

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is said to be concerned about international reaction should the country develop nuclear weapons. (Associated Press)

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Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, talks with Qatari Emir Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, during their meeting in Tehran Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)

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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reportedly told his visitor, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, that Iraq's 7-month-old political crisis needs to be resolved. (Iranian Supreme Leader's office via Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office shows the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, under a portrait of the late revolutionary Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, during a meeting in Tehran in July 2009. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)