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Ahmadinejad: Iran is not violating IAEA rules

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday his country has complied with U.N. rules that require it to inform the world body's nuclear agency six months before a uranium enrichment facility becomes operational.

Iran's president rails against capitalism

Under increasing attack over Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that Tehran was ready to meet conciliation with conciliation.

Iran's president rails against capitalism

Under increasing attack over Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that Tehran was ready to meet conciliation with conciliation.

Excerpts from AP interview with Ahmadinejad

Here are excerpts from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's interview Tuesday with The Associated Press:

Green-clad group protests Ahmadinejad near UN

Hundreds of people have gathered near the United Nations to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) as he prepares to address the UN.

Quotes from Ahmadinejad's AP interview

Quotes from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's remarks in an hour-long interview with The Associated Press, conducted at his New York hotel Tuesday, ahead of his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday:

AP: Ahmadinejad urges Obama to see Iran as friend

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged President Barack Obama to see Iran as a potential friend instead of a threat ahead of addresses both leaders will give to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.

Ahmadinejad tells AP Iran is an opportunity for US

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) says his country is not a threat to the United States as President Barack Obama has said, but "an opportunity."

AP interview: Iranian backs off Holocaust denial

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) is muting his remarks on the Holocaust, an event he has frequently questioned as a matter of historical fact.

Iran says it is open to nuclear weapons discussion

Iran's leader is telling The Associated Press that he expects open discussion of nuclear issues at a planned meeting with officials from the U.S. and five other powers.

Ahmadinejad tells AP he regrets protester deaths

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he regrets the deaths of protesters in the violence that followed his country's disputed presidential elections.

Iranian leader says he'll seek leniency for hikers

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told The Associated Press on Tuesday he will request leniency for three American hikers who apparently strayed across Iran's border.

Iranian leader offers to help in Afghanistan

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) is expressing interest in cooperating to help stabilize Afghanistan but is blaming the United States for having created chaos in the war-torn country on Iran's eastern border.

Transcript: Interview with Iran's Ahmadinejad

NBC News’ Ann Curry interviewed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Presidential Compound in Tehran on Thursday. Read the transcript of the interview.

Iran's Ahmadinejad questions Holocaust

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday lashed out at Israel and the West, questioning whether the Holocaust happened and calling it a pretext for occupying Palestinian lands, reiterating anti-Israel rhetoric that has brought him international condemnation.

Ahmadinejad: Americans ‘trampled the law’

Three Americans who have been detained in Iran for nearly seven weeks “trampled the law, and in accordance with the laws, they need to be punished,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told NBC News.

Iran leader won't rule out weapons

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted Thursday in an exclusive interview with NBC News that he did not “see any problems” with his disputed re-election, which was met with days of violence in the streets.

Iran's Ahmadinejad pro-woman? Critics skeptical

After securing one woman on his Cabinet, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is pushing for a second, defying opposition from hardline Islamic clerics who say women have no place in leadership positions.

Iran's president faces campaign trail hurdles

Moments after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's underdog victory four years ago, the streets in scruffy south Tehran were in full celebration for their native son.

Ahmadinejad: US not sending clear signals to Iran

Washington has not sent Iran sufficient signals on whether the U.S. wants warmer relations and President Barack Obama's support for Israel during its offensive in Gaza was "a major mistake," Iran's president said in an interview broadcast Sunday.

Excerpts from Iranian president's speech at UN

English translation of excerpts from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech at the U.N. racism conference:

Official: Ahmadinejad will run for re-election

An adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he will run for re-election in June.

Reports: Ahmadinejad has cold, cancels business

Iran's president has canceled all official business for four days because of a cold, Iranian media reported Wednesday, raising questions about the hard-line leader's health a few months after he said he was suffering from exhaustion.

Iranian president suffering from exhaustion

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday he is suffering from exhaustion and two allies said he was suffering under the strain of his job, in a rare disclosure apparently designed to combat rumors the hardline leader is more seriously ill.

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Cleric Wields Religion to Challenge Iran's Theocracy
Source: The New York Times

Ayatollah Montazeri has emerged as the spiritual leader of the opposition, an adversary the state has been unable to silence or jail because of his religious credentials and seminal role in the founding of the republic. More Articles

Obama: New Sanctions on Iran Are Forthcoming
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"President Obama said that within the next few weeks, the United States and other world powers would be formulating new sanctions on Iran.

Brazil's New Standing Threatened by Ahmadinejad Visit
Source: Wall Street Journal

SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's coming trip to Brazil is spurring criticism of the country in Washington, souring a budding U.S.-Brazilian relationship that appeared to promise a period of unprecedented cooperation in Latin America.

BBC News : Iran doctor 'committed suicide'
Source: BBC News

Iran's police chief says a doctor who died at a detention centre shut in July after the deaths of several opposition supporters committed suicide.

Islam Bashers Repent
Source: The New Media Journal Headline News

What does it take to make Islam bashers mend their ways? Why don't these folks come to their senses and see Islam as a religion of peace and praise the God of Abraham for continuing his beneficence on humanity by sending Muhammad to guide and humanize us? Well, just a few probl …

O's F on Iran
Source: New York Post

When it comes to Iran, President Obama hasn't made it to the top of his learning curve yet. Despite Tehran's readily apparent games-playing in talks over its nuclear program, the president continues to hold out hope for a deal — any deal — with the Islamic Republic.

Amb. Marc Ginsberg: "Qum" Buy Ya
Source: The Huffington Post

In other words, the Qum nuclear facility appears to be the smoking gun in Iran's secret nuclear weapons construction program.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Ahmadinejad's theological foes
Source: BBC News

By Edward Stourton Analysis, BBC Radio 4 It is not often you find an email from a Grand Ayatollah in your inbox - especially not when the Ayatollah in question is a pivotal figure in one of the great dramas currently unfolding on the world stage.

Does Islam Breed Violence?
Source: The New Media Journal Headline News

There is a division of the house. On one side are the politically correct in government, the leftist mainstream media, and a raft of Islamist apologists. One and all are tripping over each other in reassuring us that the mass murderers such as Maj.

Biggest Counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history: Feds Seize N.Y. skyscraper, 4 mosques linked to Iran - Atlas Shrugs
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Does b. Hussein know? The action against the Shiite Muslim mosques is sure to inflame relations between the U.S. government and American Muslims .... Breaking news: Feds move to seize N.Y. skyscraper, 4 mosques

Iran Charges 3 Americans With Spying
Source: The New York Times

The three were held after they strayed into Iran from northern Iraq at the end of July. More Articles

Are You with Us or with Them?
Source: RealClearPolitics

President Obama likes to preen himself on his supposed moral superiority to his predecessor.

PostPartisan - How Obama is aiding Ahmadinejad
Source: The Washington Post

The New York Times reports that opposition protesters in Iran, in between beatings and tear-gassing from riot police and the regime's hired thugs, have started a new chant: "Obama, Obama -- either you're with them or you're with us."

Iran- "Obama, you're either with us or with the Iranian gov't
Source: CNN

"Iran Protest: Obama ya ba oona ya ba ma Translated.. Obama your either with the people of Iran or the Iranian goverment

Iran's Courageous Dissidents Need Our Support -
Source: FOXNews.com

Iran's leadership seems frozen in time. Its rulers are still blaming the United States for their country's many woes. But today, most Iranians no longer believe them. That's why it's tragic that the country's brave reformers feel utterly abandoned by President Obama.

Clashes in Iran on Anniversary of Embassy Takeover
Source: The New York Times

This story should be higher up on the page.The clashes came on a day of extraordinary tension across Iran.

Why are we not championing the Green Movement in Iran?

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

Iran's Leading Holocaust Denier Named Deputy Minister
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Mohammad Ali Ramin, who is said to have shaped the views of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on the Holocaust, has been appointed deputy culture minister for media affairs. Ahmadinejad has called the Holocaust a "myth."

Merkel: Allowing Holocaust denier nukes is 'non-negotiable'
Source: JPost.com

"German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that a nuclear bomb in the hands of Iran "is not acceptable."

Hot Air: An anniversary to forget, and to remember: Carter's Iranian Hostage Cave-in
Source: Hot Air

Thirty years ago today, American prestige and credibility hit its nadir when we allowed Iran to sack our embassy in Tehran and hold dozens of Americans hostage for 444 days.

Why Jews Don't Hate Muslims that Hate Them*
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Have you ever wondered why many Jews in Israel live in denial about Arab hatred? Have you been puzzled by their inability to face the obvious fact that the Arabs want to destroy them? I'll limit myself to only reasons: (1) Israel's failure to understand Islam's love of deat …

Ahmadinejad:"Why is the Holocaust used as pretext to occupy the lands of other people?"
Source: Newsweek

In this interview with Newsweek Ahmadinejad clearly does not dispute the Jewish Holocaust as part of the 60 million people killed in WW2 but says "Why is the Holocaust used as pretext to occupy the lands of other people?"

Iran must learn Manners
Source: Mark The Truth

Knees are based under the belly by default and can never come before tummy. Trying it by someone would only bring desperation and humiliation and nothing else. Pakistan has a neighbour who is trying to put knees before belly so ever since the over thrown of Reza Shah Pehlvi.

Press TV - Ahmadinejad to Erdogan: Unity foils enemy plots
Source: presstv.ir

Turkish premier Recep Tayyep Erdogan meet Iran President Ahmadinejad in Tehran. Ahmadinejad said that unity of two country will overcome any threat at the region.

How to Keep Iran in Check Without War
Source: The Daily Beast

Gary Sick served on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan. He was the principal White House aide for Iran during the Iranian Revolution and the hostage crisis and is the author of two books on U.S.-Iranian relations.

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