** FILE ** This Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009, file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
** FILE ** This Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009, file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
In this picture released by the Iranian Students News Agency, men move the Epic drone, painted with the Iranian flag colors, during a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Iran's defense minister says Iran has built a new, radar-evading drone that can do surveillance and fire on enemy targets. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hemmat Khahi)
In this picture released by the Iranian Students News Agency, men move the Epic drone, painted with the Iranian flag colors, during a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Iran's defense minister says Iran has built a new, radar-evading drone that can do surveillance and fire on enemy targets. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hemmat Khahi)
**FILE** In this May 8, 2013, photo released by the Iranian Mehr News Agency, men hold a man hanged in public, to prevent his execution, after he was pardoned by the family of the policeman he was convicted of killing, in Mashhad, northeastern Iran. Under Sharia law, a victim's family has the option to forgive the criminal rather than allowing the perpetrator to be executed. (Associated Press)
**FILE** In this May 8, 2013 photo released by the Iranian Mehr News Agency, men hold a man hanged in public, to prevent his execution, after he was pardoned by the family of the policeman he was convicted of killing, in Mashhad, northeastern Iran. Under Sharia law, a victim's family has the option to forgive the criminal rather than allowing the perpetrator to be executed. (Associated Press)
**FILE** In this May 8, 2013, photo released by the Iranian Mehr News Agency, men hold a man hanged in public, to prevent his execution, after he was pardoned by the family of the policeman he was convicted of killing, in Mashhad, northeastern Iran. Under Sharia law, a victim's family has the option to forgive the criminal rather than allowing the perpetrator to be executed. (Associated Press)
**FILE** An Iranian goldsmith shows Iran's gold coins at a gold market in the main old Bazaar of Tehran on Jan. 26, 2012. (Associated Press)
**FILE** An Iranian goldsmith shows Iran's gold coins at a gold market in the main old Bazaar of Tehran on Jan. 26, 2012. (Associated Press)
