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Iranian President Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stands next to a picture of founder of the Iranian Islamic Republic, last leader Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York for a press conference following his participation at the UN General Assembly. (Photo by Rick Maiman/Sygma via Getty Images)

Iranian President Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stands next to a picture of founder of the Iranian Islamic Republic, last leader Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York for a press conference following his participation at the UN General Assembly.  (Photo by Rick Maiman/Sygma via Getty Images)