President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

• Voting begins in Iran Parliamentary election

  Polls opened on Friday for a Parliamentary election in Iran that will test the popularity of the clerical establishment at a time of a standoff with the West over the country's nuclear programme.

• Iran: Lawyer for two Americans will appeal sentences

  The lawyer for two American men arrested more than two years ago in Iran and convicted on charges that include espionage said Sunday he will appeal the verdict and his clients' eight-year prison sentences.

• Tehran President Ahmadinejad warns authorities against arrests in his govt.

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today warned the authorities against making arrests of members in his government whom he vowed to defend, the official IRNA news agency reported."I consider defending the cabinet as my duty... the cabinet is a red line and if they want to touch the cabinet, then defending it is my duty", Ahmadinejad was quoted ...

• WikiLeaks: Around the world, distress over Iran

  In late May 2009, Israel's defense minister, Ehud Barak, used a visit from a Congressional delegation to send a pointed message to the new American president. In a secret cable sent back to Washington, the American ambassador to Israel, James B. Cunningham, reported that Mr. Barak had argued that the world had 6 to 18 months "in which stopping Iran...

• Obama slams 'hateful' Ahmadinejad 9/11 remarks

  US President Barack Obama on Friday slammed "hateful," "inexcusable" and "offensive" remarks by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about the September 11 attacks in 2001.Ahmadinejad sparked outrage in the United States on Thursday and a partial walkout in the UN General Assembly chamber when he said in a speech that most people believe the US gov...

• In New York, Ahmadinejad answers Iran's critics

  Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ran through his standard talking points at his annual gathering with American journalists on Tuesday, denying that dissidents languished in jail or that economic sanctions were biting, and rejecting the idea that Tehran deserved anything less than a gold star for its nuclear inspection record. But this time, he em...

• Iran denies assassination attempt on President

  Iran has denied reports that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's motorcade was attacked by a grenade on Wednesday, saying that the explosion was actually a "firecracker."Earlier, a conservative website claimed that a handmade grenade had exploded on Wednesday near President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's convoy in an apparent assassination attempt.The website, ...

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  Iran will 'cut hands' of foes: Ahmadinejad

  Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a Persian New Year message that Iran will "cut the hands" of anyone who tries to harm the Islamic republic.

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  Iran a nuclear state now, declares Ahmadinejad

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Thursday that the Islamic republic has produced its first package of highly enriched uranium just two days after beginning the process.

• Sanctions against Iran won't work: Ahmadinejad

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said international sanctions against his country will not work.

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  Gunmen attack Ahmadinejad election campaign centre: Report

  Gunmen attacked President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's poll campaign centre in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan on Friday, the official IRNA news agency said.

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  Ahmadinejad to stand for second term as president

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared himself as a candidate on Friday for a second term as president.