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Ahmadinejad Slams Election Decision

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.23.2013 | World

TEHRAN, Iran — By now, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is well-accustomed to enduring blows from Iran's ruling clerics as his reputation fell from...

It's Official: The List of Approved Iranian Presidential Candidates Has a Couple Huge Disqualifications

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.21.2013 | World
Shirin Sadeghi

What the huge disqualifications do tells us is that the Supreme Leader and his hardline establishment are flexing their muscles for anyone who's looking for trouble at this year's presidential election.

74 Lashes For Ahmadinejad?

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.13.2013 | World

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's constitutional watchdog said Sunday it will seek possible charges against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for allegedly violating...

Could Ahmadinejad End Up Under House Arrest?

Al-Monitor | Meir Javedanfar | Posted 05.01.2013 | World

Until recently, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad behaved like a boxer who always knew that in fights against his rivals, the referee (i.e., the I...

Iran's Former Prez: 'We Are Not At War With Israel'

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 04.30.2013 | World

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's influential former president says his country is not at war with archenemy Israel, the media reported Monday, in the latest dep...

'We Don't Need An Atomic Bomb'

Agence France Presse | | Posted 04.15.2013 | World

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday defended his country's controversial nuclear programme while on a tour of west Africa, calling it peac...

How The Secret Service Almost Shot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder And D.B. Grady | Posted 03.21.2013 | World

One morning in September 2006, during the United Nations General Assembly, President George W. Bush’s daily intelligence brief contained a particula...

Hugo ChƔvez and the Middle East: Which Side Was He On?

Danny Postel | Posted 05.13.2013 | World
Danny Postel

I admire a great deal of what ChƔvez and his Bolivarian Revolution accomplished in Venezuela. It's precisely because of these positive accomplishments that ChƔvez's record on the Middle East and North Africa is so disconcerting.

Egypt and Iran: An Elusive Axis

Richard Javad Heydarian | Posted 04.21.2013 | World
Richard Javad Heydarian

After three decades of frosty relations, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a historic visit to Cairo on February 5, 2012, making him the only post-revolutionary Iranian leader to set foot in the Arab heartland.

Ahmadinejad Makes Historic Trip To Egypt

AP | AYA BATRAWY | Posted 04.07.2013 | World

CAIRO -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Egypt on Tuesday for the first visit by an Iranian leader in more than three decades, marking a hist...

Ahmadinejad Sacks Only Female Minister

Reuters | Posted 02.26.2013 | World

DUBAI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday dismissed his only female cabinet minister, Health Minister Marzieh Vahi...

Ahmadinejad: U.S. Election Is 'Battleground For Capitalists'

AP | DESSIANING ARIYANTI | Posted 01.08.2013 | World

BALI, Indonesia — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ridiculed the expense of the U.S. election, mocking it as a "battleground for capitalist...

Ahmadinejad Barred From Iran Prison

AP | Posted 12.22.2012 | World

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state prosecutor says he has denied permission to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit an imprisoned advisor, a further sign of th...

Partaking of Polow and Pique

Remy M. Maisel | Posted 10.05.2012 | College
Remy M. Maisel

I expected -- what? Maybe for Ahmadinejad to say something shocking. Maybe to be deeply offended. Maybe to be very, very uncomfortable. Maybe to be lied to, very obviously, and very often.

Ahmadinejad: Iran Under Threat From 'Uncivilized Zionists'

Reuters | Posted 11.26.2012 | World

By Louis Charbonneau and Arshad Mohammed UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Iran's president said on Wednesday his country was under ...

Is it Just the Muslims Who Can't Be Insulted?

Lisa Wexler | Posted 11.26.2012 | Politics
Lisa Wexler

In one of the most obviously insulting gestures the United Nations has heaped on the Jewish people, and there have been many, the decision to host Mah...

Another 'Innocence Of Muslims' Casualty: The Media's Reliability

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.25.2012 | Religion
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

When the trumped-up passions of "Innocence of Muslims" cool, burnt-out buildings will be repaired, diplomatic dances will reboot. But who will stand up for the freedom to disbelieve, to criticize and to mock?

The Most Visible Sign Of Iran's Influence In Iraq

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and LARA JAKES | Posted 11.25.2012 | World

BAGHDAD — After years of growing influence, a new sign of Iran's presence in Iraq has hit the streets. Thousands of signs, that is, depicting Ir...

Guess Who's Back In Town

Posted 09.24.2012 | World

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is back in town for the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. On Monday, the Iranian president spoke out on Iran'...

Iran: New Air Defense System Designed To Confront American Warplanes

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 09.21.2012 | World

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran on Friday displayed a new, all-Iranian-made air defense system, saying it was designed to confront American warplanes in case of ...

Ahmadinejad Comes To New York

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 11.20.2012 | World

NEW YORK -- Whenever Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comes to New York, protesters pay attention. They know where he's staying. They stand outsi...

'West Has Begun Heavy Battle Against Iran'

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 09.18.2012 | World

TEHRAN, Iran — The West has begun a "heavy battle" with Iran by tightening sanctions over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, Iranian President M...

Nuclear Program Poll Creates Big Embarrassment For Iran's Leaders

The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 07.06.2012 | World

A television poll conducted by Iranian state television backfired on Wednesday when 63 percent of respondents said they wanted to abandon Iran's nucle...

Iran Accuses France, Germany In Nuclear Scientist Killing

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 09.05.2012 | World

Tehran, Iran — Iran's spy chief on Friday accused French and German intelligence services of cooperating with the CIA to kill Iranian nuclear sc...

Iran Sanctions Bite Hard

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 07.03.2012 | World

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday the latest EU sanctions on the sale of Iranian oil are "the strongest" measures yet ...