Obama Ahmadinejad

An Epidemic of Global Anger

Caroline Myss | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


Caroline Myss

I know three kids who actually thought Glenn Beck was a Republican Senator. Imagine that madman that close to a WMD switch? Don't think for a moment that all the lunatics in the world are in the Middle East.

Time To Talk To Iran Is Now: Analysis

CFR | Greg Bruno | Posted 10.02.2009 | World


By Greg Bruno Perhaps it was not surprising that after thirty years of diplomatic stalemate, expectations for a major breakthrough between Tehran a...

Ahmadinejad: Obama, You Are Making A "Mistake" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.25.2009 | World


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told TIME that President Obama should back off on his pressure to force Iran to disclose all its nuclear activit...

Ahmadinejad: Holocaust A Pretext To Commit Palestinian Genocide

newsweek.com | Posted 11.24.2009 | World


In an exclusive wide-ranging hour-and-a-half interview with NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth and editors from The Washington Post, Iranian President Mahmoud ...

Ahmadinejad: Obama Should Read Up On History And See Iran As Friend

AP | ROBERT BURNS and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 11.23.2009 | World


NEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged President Barack Obama to see Iran as a potential friend instead of a threat ahead of add...

Obama Meets Ahmadinejad At UN? Unlikely.

nytimes.com | HELENE COOPER | Posted 11.21.2009 | World


WASHINGTON It was just over two years ago that Barack Obama, then the junior senator from Illinois with aspirations to the presidency, famously pronou...

Ahmadinejad Attacks Obama, Mocks The "Change" Mantra

AP | MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN | Posted 07.28.2009 | World


EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay...

Obama Scoffs At Ahmadinejad's Demand For Apology

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's criticism of Iran escalated Friday into an unusually personal war of words. To Iranian President Mahmoud A...

US Hits Back At Ahmadinejad

BBC NEWS | Posted 07.27.2009 | World


The White House has accused Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of seeking to blame the US for unrest following Iran's disputed election....

Ahmadinejad Lashes Out At Obama, Compares Him To Bush

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 07.26.2009 | World


EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay...

Obama: Ahmadinejad Should Come Visit Concentration Camp (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


UPDATE: President Obama visited a World War II concentration camp Friday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Holocaust survivors Elie Wiesel and...

Ahmadinejad Challenges Obama To Debate At U.N.

AP | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics


TEHRAN, Iran — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed on Monday a face-to-face debate with President Barack Obama at the United Nations if he is re-electe...

Ahmadinejad Borrows Obama's "Yes We Can" For Iranian Election

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.29.2009 | World


Seemingly impressed by President Obama's success last November, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is adopting the iconic "Yes We Can" slogan for a...

Sam Stein

Ahmadinejad To Obama: Return My Messages (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.27.2009 | World


Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, up for reelection later this year but appearing on ABC's This Week this Sunday, sought to portray Barack Obama a...

Sam Stein

Gibbs: Ahmadinejad's Remarks Affirm Obama's Decision Not To Attend UN Conference

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


White House spokesman Robert Gibbs stated Monday that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric at a UN conference on world racism affir...

Iran Open To Better US Ties: 'Circumstances Have Changed'

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.16.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president on Wednesday sent the clearest signal yet that the Islamic Republic wants warmer ties with the U.S., just one da...

'We Are Neither Obstinate Nor Gullible': Ahmadinejad Interview

Spiegel | Posted 05.11.2009 | World


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke with SPIEGEL about what he expects from US President Barack Obama, why America's new Afghanistan strategy ...

'Nuclear Day': Iran, Ahmadinejad Inaugurate New Nuclear Facility

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.10.2009 | World


ISFAHAN, Iran — Iran's president said Thursday his country is open to talks with the U.S. and other countries over its nuclear program. But he i...

Iran's Anti-Americanism Not Easily Undone With New US President

The Christian Science Monitor | Scott Peterson | Posted 03.09.2009 | World


"On that day when the United States of America will praise us, we should mourn," said Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revol...

Dear Mahmoud

Hooman Majd | Posted 01.30.2009 | World


Hooman Majd

Given that in almost every foreign policy issue that Obama will face, Iran will figure prominently, a response (or lack of one) to Ahmadinejad's congratulatory letter to Obama is of far more importance than one might ordinarily think.

Obama Risks Trap WIth Ahmadinejad Letter: Analysts

AFP | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama may have pledged during his campaign to talk to Iran's leaders, but he could fall into a trap by replying to President Mahmoud Ahmadineja...

Obama's Iran TV Show Tour: More Diplomacy

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


** UPDATE BELOW ** Iran's state-run television reported this morning that the government had tested nine long- and medium-range missiles, including a...

Ahmadinejad: I'd Sit Down With Obama And McCain

AFP | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged the candidates vying for the US presidency to a debate and called for "fundamental change" ...

Sam Stein

Americans Favor President Meeting With U.S. Enemies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics


An overwhelming majority of Democrats and Independents, and nearly half of Republicans, say that they agree with Barack Obama's position that, as pres...

McCain Confronted With New Iran Gaffe, Gets Facts Wrong Again (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


Yesterday, Time's Joe Klein noted that he could find no evidence that Sen. Barack Obama had ever specifically said he would negotiate with Iranian pre...