Iran celebrates the 30th anniversary of Islamic revolution
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the crowd Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty ImagesA woman carries a poster of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Photograph: Vahid Salemi/APA donkey draped in the flags of Iran's enemies is led through Azadi SquarePhotograph: Vahid Salemi/AP
Women hold aloft a placard bearing the images of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and the founder of the Islamic republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Photograph: Caren Firouz/ReutersSchoolgirls wave Iran's national flag Photograph: Hasan Sarbakhshian/APFiremen march past a model of the Safir rocket, which carried Iran's first satellite into space two weeks agoPhotograph: Caren Firouz/ReutersSoldiers shout anti-Israeli and anti-US slogans Photograph: Raheb Homavandi/ReutersA parachutist lands among balloons Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPAMedia photographers record the celebrationsPhotograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPAThe message is loud and clearPhotograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPAPresident Ahmadinejad makes his way through the crowds in an open-topped carPhotograph: Vahid Salemi/AP
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