Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 28 October 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country. An engineer and teacher from a poor background, Ahmadinejad joined the Office for Strengthening Unity after the Islamic Revolution. Appointed a provincial governor, he was removed after the election of President Mohammad Khatami and returned to teaching. Tehran's council appointed him mayor in 2003. He took a religious hard-line, reversing reforms of previous moderate mayors. His 2005 presidential campaign, supported by the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, garnered 62% of the runoff election votes, and he became President on 3 August 2005.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Says U.S. Playing a ‘Game’ in Afghanistan
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday it's the United States that is playing a 'double game' in Afghanistan, fighting terrorists it once supported.
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HOLMES: Europe wakes from its Obama dream
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Many Europeans cheered when Barack Obama was elected president. Disdain for his predecessor ran so high that, even in Britain, pollsters found that George W. Bush was considered a greater threat to peace than Kim Jong-il and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Only Osama bin Laden outpolled him. But President Obama hasn't lived up to European expectations. The disillusionment is showing. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has characterized him as weak. And at a U.N. Security Council meeting on nonproliferation, Mr. Sarkozy chided Mr. Obama with the reminder that "We live in a real world, not a virtual world." Many Europeans, of course, ...
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Syria Seems to Ignore U.S. Calls to End Its ‘Troubling’ Relationship With Iran
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad welcomed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Damascus on Thursday, one day after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told U.S. lawmakers that the Obama administration is urging Syria to move away from its "deeply troubling" relationship with Tehran.
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As Sensitive Anniversary Nears, Iran Needles the West on Uranium Enrichment
Kicking off what promises to be a significant week in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday ordered the head of the national nuclear agency to begin boosting uranium enrichment to new levels.
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Clinton Rules Out Prisoner Swap With Iran
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is ruling out Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's suggestion that three detained American hikers in Iran should be swapped with Iranian citizens held in the United States.
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Ahmadinejad suggests exchange for jailed U.S. hikers
TEHRAN (AP) -- Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggested in a television interview Tuesday that Iran would release three jailed U.S. hikers in exchange for Iranians currently serving in American prisons. Ahmadinejad said that there were ongoing negotiations about possibly exchanging the hikers for several Iranians jailed for years in the United States. "There are some talks under way to have an exchange, if it is possible," he said. "Recently they (the U.S.) have sent messages, we answered to bring them (the Iranians), to bring these people (the hikers). We are hopeful that all prisoners to be released." Ahmadinejad did not ...
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Iran's Leader: Feb. 11 To Be ‘Demise’ of ‘Capitalist System’
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Feb. 11 would mark the demise of "the liberal capitalist system," adding that its champion, America, was on the decline and that Iran and its Islamic Revolution were on the rise.
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