Ali Khamenei

In this Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 photo released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to a crowd attending his speech in a mosque inside the leader’s housing compound in Tehran, Iran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has adopted the role of political referee as the political mudslinging gets heavier ahead of elections in June to pick a successor for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)