JAMKARAN, IRAN - DECEMBER 6: Iranian Shiites pray and wait for the return of the 12th Imam, or Mahdi, at the Jamkaran Mosque, east of the holy city of Qom on December 6, 2005 in Jamkaran, Iran. Some Iranian Shiites believe and are waiting for the return of the Mahdi, or the 12th Imam, the Shiite equivalent of the Christian Messiah. The Mahdaviat world view, adhered to by Iran's newly elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, holds that the Mahdi's return is imminent, and will herald a new era of global justice and Islamic perfection. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
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