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NEWS ABOUT: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stories: 238 news summaries

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 US Agrees to Iran Talks  

Iran says nukes not on the table, but White House will try anyway

Sep 12, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has accepted an offer from Iran to hold direct talks on a range of issues, the New York Times reports, despite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's insistence that the country's nuclear enrichment program will not be on the negotiating table. State Department officials say they will still press Iran on the... More »

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Iran • diplomacy • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • State Department • nuclear program • Obama administration

Iran Nuclear Talks Stall; Sanctions Loom

Stalemate seen as Ahmadinejad refuses more negotiations

Sep 7, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran looks set to face another round of international sanctions as nuclear talks have reached an impasse and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad refuses to discuss a compromise, reports the Guardian. Mohamed ElBaradei, who heads the UN nuclear watchdog, said today Iran has not suspended enrichment activities and continues to be uncooperative with... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • IAEA • nuclear weapons • International Atomic Energy Agency • uranium enrichment • nuclear inspections • nuclear enrichment • Obama administration • Mohamed ElBaradei • President Obama

After 3 Decades, Iran Names Female Cabinet Minister

Health appointee heralds achievement of 'long-standing dream'

Sep 3, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has named its first female cabinet minister since the dawn of the Islamic Republic in 1979, the Guardian reports. “I think today women reached their long-standing dream of having a woman in the cabinet to pursue their demands,” said new health minister Marzieh Vahid Dastgerdi. “This... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • parliament • cabinet minister • Marzieh Vahid Dastgerdi

(Newser) - Just days after Iran's supreme leader tried to dial down the nation's tensions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ratcheted them right back up again, reports the Los Angeles Times. In a charged speech today in Tehran, the country's president for the first time called for the prosecution of opposition leaders. He didn't name... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • disputed election • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Mahdi Karroubi • Medhi Karroubi • Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Ahmadinejad Taps Fugitive
for Iran Cabinet

Defense pick wanted
in '94 blast at Jewish center in Argentina

Aug 21, 09 9:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s pick for Iran’s defense minister is wanted in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina, the Guardian reports. Eight-five were killed and 150 injured in the attack, the worst on a Jewish target outside Israel since World War II; Ahmad Vahidi... More »

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Iran • terrorism • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Hezbollah • Argentina • al Quds Force • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Interpol • Jewish • Anti-Defamation League • cabinet minister • Ahmad Vahidi • defense minister

(Newser) - Dubbed Iran's "Kennedys," the Larijani brothers have risen to power as counterweights to President Ahmadinejad's hardline politics—but to what end? All five bespectacled and bearded brothers have held important posts, and two of them are now running two of the nation's three government branches. Backed by... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ali Larijani

Ahmadinejad Names 3 Women to Cabinet

But female ministers are hardliners, unlikely to please reformers

Aug 17, 09 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today he would nominate three women to join his cabinet, reports the Guardian, attempting to soften his image after the brutal crackdowns following his disputed re-election. The decision is significant in a country where just eight of 290 MPs are female. But the two women whose names... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • women • Muslim women • Iranian politics • Iranian election

 Worst-Dressed 
 World Leaders 

Time lampoons the decadent, inept or just plain weird fashion decisions of the powerful

Aug 12, 09 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not all world leaders are world fashion leaders. Time pokes fun at the most inept:
  1. Kim Jong-Il. He mainly wears khaki suits that call attention to his paunch and “Kanye West-sized” sunglasses.
  2. Vladimir Putin. Not a bad dresser—when he wears clothes. Unfortunately, he's often snapped shirtless
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fashion • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Vladimir Putin • Fidel Castro • Augusto Pinochet • Kim Jong Il

 Ahmadinejad Begins 2nd Term 


Aug 5, 09 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been sworn in for a second term as president of Iran, one day after the White House finally announced that the US recognized him as the country's elected leader. In his inaugural address, Ahmadinejad took a swipe at the US and European nations that "decided to... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

OPINION

 Palin Channels Ahmadinejad 

Her self-presentation, politics, and biography are like his

Aug 3, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have their differences—but their images, politics, and even life stories show significant overlap, writes Juan Cole for Salon. Both are former governors of “frontier states,” both drum up support through “wounded nationalism,” and both battle foreign influence. “Above all,... More »

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Iran • media • Alaska • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • populism • populist • Sarah Palin • dissent • elitism • media elite

(Newser) - As his adversaries faced a mass court hearing condemned as a show trial, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was formally endorsed today for a second term as president of Iran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei conducted the ceremony, which Mir Hossein Mousavi and other opposition figures boycotted. The endorsement came after state television screened courtroom... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • trial • cleric • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • confession • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

Former Iranian Prez Lashes 'Show Trial'

Khatami accuses government of murdering protesters

Aug 2, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(AP) - The reformist former president of Iran blasted the country's extraordinary mass trial of activists and protesters as a sham that would undermine the country's ruling regime, reports the AP. Mohammad Khatami, president from 1997 to 2005, said he hoped the "show trial" would not "lead to ignorance... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • trial • Mohammad Khatami • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

(AP) - More than 100 opposition protesters are in court in Tehran today on charges of rioting and conspiring against the ruling system in the country's first trial following the disputed presidential election, the AP reports. The trial underlines the government's efforts to bring to a close anti-government demonstrations that have persisted... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protesters • Mir Hossein Mousavi

(Newser) - Iranian police beat demonstrators gathered in a Tehran cemetery to mourn victims of post-election violence, including Neda Agha-Soltan—the 26-year-old whose killing was witnessed by hundreds of thousands on YouTube. A witness told Reuters that some mourners were arrested. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi defied threats from the Revolutionary Guards... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda • Iranian protests • Mehdi Karoubi • Neda Agha Soltan

(Newser) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took square aim at Iran's nuclear ambitions today, bluntly warning Tehran that "Your pursuit is futile." Clinton’s statements mark a step back from her musings earlier this week about creating a “defense umbrella” to protect other Middle Eastern countries from a... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • Meet the Press

Ahmadinejad Caves to Hardliners, Cans Iran VP

Mashai felt unable to continue after Supreme leader's statement

Jul 24, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caved in to pressure from hardline clerics and the country's supreme leader today and allowed the resignation of his top deputy after a week-long standoff. For days, the president had resisted pressure to dismiss Esfandiar Rahim Mashai from the key post of first vice president. Mashai... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Esfandiar Rahim Mashai • hardline clerics

Ahmadinejad Defies Ayatollah, Refuses to
Sack Vice Prez

In-law stays despite pro-Israel comments

Jul 22, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has defied a direct order from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to dismiss his vice president, opening a rift between Iran's president and supreme leader, reports the Los Angeles Times. Ahmadinejad's newly chosen VP, who is his son's father-in-law, has infuriated hardliners by making favorable remarks about Israel. But Ahmadinejad... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Basiji • Ali Khamenei • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Basij militia

(Newser) - Dozens of Iranians were arrested today when riot police violently dispersed a protest in Tehran, Reuters reports. Hundreds chanted slogans like “Ahmadinejad—resign, resign,” and “Death to dictators,” witnesses said, before police, some in plainclothes, descended on the demonstration, beating and detaining the protesters. Some witnesses... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Iranian election • Iranian protests

(Newser) - Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former Iranian president and most powerful supporter of Mir Hossein Mousavi, addressed thousands of young reformists in green today in a highly anticipated sermon that may trigger further protests. The visibly upset cleric demanded that all political prisoners be freed and lamented that "we had... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • cleric • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Shiite cleric • sermon • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

(AP) - Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed not to let the blood of protesters killed in postelection crackdown go in vain as he met with the family of a young man shot to death during the turmoil, a reformist Web site reported today. He also announced that he will attend... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • prayer • Tehran University • Hashemi Rafsanjani • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Friday

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