July 2, 2004

Iranian women, walk past a revolutionary mural including items commemorating the war with Iraq during Saddam's regime, which lasted eight years, between 1980-88, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 1, 2004 [Another photo]. The Iranian army began its annual military exercises Thursday near the border with Iraq. Since the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, Iran has held a number of maneuvers each year to improve its military stamina and to test locally-made equipment such as tanks, armored personnel carriers and missiles. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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