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A correspondent in Tehran

A correspondent in Tehran

Oct 27, 2015

An Iranian man holds his passport as he waits to vote for the Iranian presidential election outside Tehran's university. An Iranian man holds his passport, with pictures of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as he waits to vote for the Iranian presidential election outside Tehran's university June 17, 2005. A top Iranian official said on Friday the election of a new president would have little impact on Iran's nuclear pol — An Iranian man holds his passport as he waits to vote in the Iranian presidential election outside Tehran University, June 17, 2005. — REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

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