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# Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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# Middle East
Moderate cleric and former nuclear negotiator Rowhani sworn in as President of Iran
The 64-year-old could name his cabinet as early as today, with Iranian media reporting it’s likely to be made up of Western educated technocrats.
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Aug 4th 2013, 2:35 PM
# Middle East
Rowhani takes power in Iran with pledge to lift economy
The moderate cleric is facing serious challenges as he begins his four year term. His public inauguration will take place tomorrow.
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Aug 3rd 2013, 5:41 PM
# Iran
Iran's new president says his win is 'a victory over extremism'
World powers have pressed hope that Hassan Rowhani will end decades of unease with an emerging nuclear power.
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Jun 16th 2013, 1:45 PM
# Iran
5 things to know about Iran's presidential election happening today
Tens of millions of voters are turning out across the country to choose a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Jun 14th 2013, 3:09 PM
# Iran
Ayatollah wants 'a new political epic' as Iranian voters elect new president
Voting has gotten under way as Iranians decide who they want to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Jun 14th 2013, 8:49 AM
# Iran
Journalist reports existence of Iran 'vote-rigging' tape, gets arrested
A news website editor has been arrested after reporting on tapes where Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ‘discusses vote-rigging’.
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May 6th 2013, 4:49 PM
# Iran
World powers begin talks with Iran over nuclear programme
Iran has said that it’s their right to enrich uranium, but experts fear that it could be turned into a nuclear warhead in a matter of months.
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Feb 26th 2013, 1:30 PM
# tensions
Iran 'captures' US drone over Gulf waters
The unmanned drone is reported to have been captured after it entered Iranian airspace, the Revolutionary Guards have said. t
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Dec 4th 2012, 8:03 AM
# Homosexuality
Supporting homosexuality is ‘for capitalists’, says Iranian president
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied that his criticism of homosexuality amounted to a denial of individual freedoms.
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Sep 25th 2012, 8:10 AM
# Iran
Iran to execute four people convicted over major bank fraud
Scandal centred on bank loans through allegedly forged or illegally-obtained letters of credit to buy several state companies.
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Jul 30th 2012, 3:00 PM
# Obamaville
WATCH: Santorum's 'horror movie' vision of the USA under Obama
File this one under ‘not pulling your punches’…
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Mar 27th 2012, 4:55 PM
# Iran
Iran's president accused of defying supreme leader
Some lawmakers are calling for the impeachment of Iran’s flamboyant president – claiming that he openly defied the wished of the country’s Ayatollah.
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Mar 14th 2012, 2:47 PM
# Iran
Diplomats reveal: Iran 'poised for major nuclear expansion'
Anonymous diplomats have told the Associated Press that Iran has readied an underground site for thousands of centrifuges.
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Feb 18th 2012, 6:51 PM
# Iran
Iran to renew talks over nuclear programme
Iran and UN nuclear inspectors are due to start discussions regarding the country’s controversial nuclear programme this weekend.
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Jan 27th 2012, 3:02 PM
# Capitalism
Iranian president: 'The capitalist system is in decay'
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is on a friendly trip around Latin America visiting leftist leaders who share his animosity towards the US.
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Jan 12th 2012, 2:13 PM
# Venezuela
Tensions mount between Venezuela and United States
Hugo Chavez has welcomed Iran’s president onto Venezuelan soil and called for his country to leave a World Bank-affiliated body. Meanwhile, Washington has expelled Venezuela’s consul general in Miami.
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Jan 9th 2012, 12:15 PM
# Iran
Iran reportedly preparing to launch new 'domestic' internet
New clampdowns on online expression are thought to be preparing citizens for a sanitised national intranet, launched within weeks.
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Jan 6th 2012, 7:06 PM
# Iran
UK withdraws diplomatic staff attack on Tehran embassy
British diplomatic staff in Iran have been withdrawn following an attack on its embassy in Tehran yesterday – during which protesters shouting “Death to England” smashed windows, burned British flags and set a car alight.
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Nov 30th 2011, 8:48 AM
# Iran
US, Ireland walk out as Iran delivers UN speech
US delegates leave chambers after President Ahmadinejad refers to 9/11 attacks as a “mystery”.
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Sep 22nd 2011, 6:46 PM
# Uh-Oh
UN reveals 'credible evidence' of Iranian nuclear weapons programme
The UN’s nuclear agency says it is “increasingly concerned” that Iran is secretly building an offensive nuclear programme.
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Sep 3rd 2011, 10:46 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Aug 10th 2011, 4:47 PM
# Riots
UN Security Council attacked for inaction on England riots... by Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wonders why the Security Council is “silent” as British citizens lash out against their government.
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Aug 10th 2011, 1:47 PM
# Nuclear Energy
Iran to triple nuclear output
Iran plans to triple its output of the higher enriched uranium in 2011 and move the entire program to the new, secretly-built facility.
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Jun 8th 2011, 7:20 PM
# Iran
Iran preparing to disconnect from global Internet in exchange for national version: report
The Iranian government is reportedly preparing to roll out a national version of the web.
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May 30th 2011, 3:00 PM
# Iran
Iranian oil refinery hit by explosion during Ahmadinejad visit
Two people are killed, and 20 injured, by a suspected gas leak during a visit by the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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May 24th 2011, 10:20 AM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Saturday
More deaths in Syria; a man appears in court in Ronan Kerr murder probe; an NFL star is stabbed; possible trouble ahead in Iran; and what do David Beckham and the Crown Prince of Bahrain have in common? The Daily Fix reveals all…
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Apr 23rd 2011, 7:24 PM
# Iran
Iran's Ayatollah warns Ahmadinejad he will intervene 'when necessary'
Tensions between the President and Ayatollah hit a turbulent patch, after the latter restores a sacked minister to cabinet.
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Apr 23rd 2011, 4:40 PM
# Left-wingers
Political football: Iranian and Bolivian leaders line out for footie game
What happened when Iran and Bolivia’s leaders pulled on football boots?
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Oct 27th 2010, 3:51 PM
# Iran Drone
Iran unveils drone bomber aircraft
Iran’s first unmanned military aircraft is unveiled one day after the country begins loading its nuclear reactor.
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Aug 22nd 2010, 12:03 PM
# Iran
Iran denies grenade attack on President
Days after Ahmadinejad said Zionists were out to assassinate him.
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Aug 4th 2010, 11:40 AM