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Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, July 3rd 2009.
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Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran.

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Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran.
Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran.
Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran.
Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran.
Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran.
Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran.
Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran.
Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran.
Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran.
Ayatollah Jannati - chairman of the powerful Council of Guardians - leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran.

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