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Tehran, IRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses members of the Islamic volunteer Basij militia, affiliated to the elite Revolutionary Guard, at the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, 26 November 2006. Ahmadinejad called for the peoples of the Middle East and Afghanistan to join forces in driving out foreign occupiers. Tehran had repeatedly called for the withdrawal of US forces from its neighbours Iraq and Afghanistan. Basij commander Mohammad Haj Aghamir (R) is seen next to the Iranian president. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)