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There was so much media about the Putin Ahmadinejad meeting, but this was the really important meeting. Ahmadinejad's come and go, but the Islamic Council is the core of the country's politics.

(Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for talks in Tehran. Putin has left Iran after a trip which saw him reinforce ties with the Islamic republic and distance himself from Western warnings over its nuclear programme. (AFP))