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Rioters set fires on the streets of Tehran during anti-government demonstrations. The popular revolt against the shah raised alarm bells in the West, which saw the shah as a trusted ally and counterweight to hard-line Arab regimes and Palestinian radicals. The face of the revolution was Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, whose demeanor, vehemently anti-American rhetoric and stern interpretation of Islam challenged not only Western interests but also Western values. (AP Photo/Aristotle Saris)
Since the Tehran_Qom highway is one of the main ways that conects 17 cities together...
Photo by Hamid Noosh
In this photograph posted on the internet, two Iranian women take cover from a cloud of either tear gas or smoke at an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran Saturday June 20, 2009. (AP Photo)