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An Iranian woman prays at grave of her husband killed during Islamic Revolution

An Iranian woman, right, decorates the grave of her son, who was killed during 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, as she is assisted by her daughter, in Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday Feb. 7, 2013, during a ceremony commemorating the34th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution which led to the ouster of the pro-U.S. Pahlavi dynasty and brought the clerics to power.

Iranian woman, Fatemeh, prays at the grave of her husband, Valieollah Salavatchi, shown in the picture at left, who was killed during 1979 Islamic Revolution, in Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/Vahid Salemi>

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