U.N. Secretary-General Ban Meets Top Iranian Leaders In Tehran

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, left, meets with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, under a portrait of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. <AP/NEWSis>

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, at the start of their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. <AP/NEWSis>

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) in Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 29, 2012. The UN secretary general arrived here to attend the 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit slated for Aug. 30 to 31. <Xinhua=Iran’s Presidential Office>

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