Islamic Awakening Assembly Press Conference

TEHRAN, IRAN - APRIL 23, 2013: Dr. Ali Akbar Velayati the chairman of the Islamic Awakening Assembly participates in a press conference with a photo of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the background. Dr. Velayati is a special adviser to the supreme leader of Iran on foreign policy and one of the three principalist candidates from 2+1 Coalition in upcoming election in June 2013. The next World Conference of Islamic Ulama and World Awakening opens in Tehran on April 29 with more than 600 high ranking clerics and guests from Sunni and Shia branches of Islam. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)