Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
A selection of daily Iranian newspapers mainly fronted by an image of Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, are seen on May 12, 2013, in Tehran. Rafsanjani who registered for next month's presidential election, is disliked among regime hardliners for criticising the crackdown that followed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in 2009.
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Iran hard-liners urge election ban on 2 candidates
Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two contenders -- a moderate former president and a protege of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- from running in next month's presidential election.According to a report Wednesday by the semi-official Fars Read more »
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Iranian president Ahmadinejad could face 74 lashes from election charges
's constitutional watchdog said Sunday it will seek possible charges against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for allegedly violating rules by accompanying his chief adviser to the election registry office the previous day.The dispute appears to stem from an Read more »
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Iran's FM spokesman resigns amid presidential bid
the report late Saturday came just hours after the deadline to register for the June 14 election to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad .Mehr says Mehmanparast will be replaced by Abbas Araghchi, a member of Iran's nuclear negotiators team. Araghchi also Read more »
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Next Iran president likely to have gentler touch
-- For eight years, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has played the role of global provocateur-in-chief: questioning the Holocaust, saying Israel should be erased from the map and painting U.N resolutions as worthless. His provocative style grated inside Read more »
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Iran's president holds rare massive rally
-- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad thanked government workers in a massive rally that was seen as a show of his power ahead of the June presidential election.The official IRNA news agency reported that an estimated 70,000 people attended the rare gathering Read more »
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Iranian Threat Isn't Nuclear - It's Political
the eight years of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency, Iran has become an increasingly dangerous place. That danger, however, is not posed by nuclear weapons – which remain an uncertain and, at worst, long-term threat – but more urgently from Iran’s own self-imposed 5/17/13 from Real Clear World Read more »
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Ahmadinejad to speak at water summit
Mohammed Khatami, has shown no tolerance for peaceful protests and gatherings. How appropriate. Seems the PTP and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have a lot in common. This is where Thailand is headed. the iranian regime have a lot in common and views simmular to the 5:01 AM from Bangkok Post Read more »
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Ex-Iran President Seeks Comeback Against Odds
that in 2002 he could not even muster the votes to win a seat in Parliament. He suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the 2005 presidential election, and two of his children ended up in jail. His speech in favor of greater freedom 5/17/13 from The New York Times Read more »
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Iran's Rafsanjani draws conservative criticism
Guardian Council is vetting candidates from a list of about 600 hopefuls who submitted their interest in replacing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , who's ineligible to compete because of term limits, as Iran's president. Rafsanjani, a 78-year-old former president with 5/17/13 from United Press International Read more »
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Vote for Ahmadinejad's successor divides weary Iranians
with apple orchards, which drive much of the area's economy. He has been talking about Iran's outgoing president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Over two elections and eight years in office, Ahmadinejad, widely loathed by the cosmopolitan residents of Iran's major cities, 5/17/13 from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
