Friday Photo: Missiles in Iran

    Iranian clergymen watched the Revolutionary Guards fire off missiles yesterday in the desert outside Qom. The exercise is part of 10 days of war games – code named “The Greatest Prophet” – launched by the Islamic Republic as a show of strength to the West. (Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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Iranian clergymen watched the Revolutionary Guards fire off missiles yesterday in the desert outside Qom. The exercise is part of 10 days of war games – code named “The Greatest Prophet” – launched by the Islamic Republic as a show of strength to the West. (Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Carolyn O'Hara is a senior editor at Foreign Policy.

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