Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) meets Syrian President <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Bashar+al-Assad&family=editorial&specificpeople=206274 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Bashar al-Assad</a> in Tehran 25 January 2001. Assad, on his first visit to the Islamic Republic since taking power six months ago, described the policies of the former US administration on the Middle East peace process as a failure. AFP PHOTO/Atta KENARE
{"Image ImageDescription": "Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) meets Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Tehran 25 January 2001. Assad, on his first visit to the Islamic Republic since taking power six months ago, described the policies of the former US administration on the Middle East peace process as a failure. AFP PHOTO/Atta KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2010 AFP"}