A group of Iranian Arabs, members of the Basij militia, which is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, march during a military parade at the mausoleum of the Ayatollah Khomeini outside Tehran marking the 29th anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 Iraq-Iran war. (Vahid Salemi / Associated Press)
A long-range Ghadr-1 missile rolls down the parade route on a trailer. (Atta Kenare / AFP/Getty Images)
An Iranian paratrooper floats over the mausoleum of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini during the military parade outside Tehran. (Vahid Salemi / Associated Press)
Soldiers wearing ghillie camouflage suits, which simulate heavy foliage, march in the parade. (Vahid Salemi / Associated Press)
Turkmen members of the Basij militia march in the parade. (Atta Kenare / AFP/Getty Images)
A unit of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard marches in the parade. (Atta Kenare / AFP/Getty Images)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad watches over the parade. In a speech, Ahmadinejad warned that Iran would “cut off the hand” of any country that tried to invade it. (Vahid Salemi / Associated Press)
