- Arts & Entertainment
- Sports
- Politics & The World
- Business
- Crime
- Technology, Science & Education
- Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
Images
Biography
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was born October 28, 1956 and is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He became president on 6 August 2005 after winning the 2005 presidential election by popular vote.
Before becoming president, he was the Mayor of Tehran. He is the highest directly elected official in the country, but, according to Article 113 of Constitution of Iran, he has less total power than the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Iran and has the final word in all aspects of foreign and domestic policies.
Ahmadinejad is an outspoken critic of the George W. Bush Administration and supports strengthened relations between Iran and Russia (see Iran-Russia relations), Cuba, Venezuela (see Iran-Venezuela relations), Syria (see Iran-Syria relations) and the Persian Gulf states.
He has said Iran's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and has refused to end enrichment despite Uni...
User Contributed Updates
- Set default image
- Posted 271 days ago by AdamKane
- Added Image
- Posted 271 days ago by AdamKane
- Updated Biography
- Posted 271 days ago by AdamKane
- Created Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Google News
- Posted 271 days ago by AdamKane
- Iran won't change nuclear position after UN resolution: Ahmadinejad - Earthtimes (press release)
- Posted about 7 hours ago on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Google News
- Iran inaugurates tower - International Herald Tribune
- Posted about 7 hours ago on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Google News
- Ahmadinejad hints at possible ease of tensions after US elections - RTT News
- Posted about 8 hours ago on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Google News
- Ahmadinejad is not crazy: he is ruthless - Spero News
- Posted about 9 hours ago on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Google News
- Iraqi speaker arrives in Tehran after inital entry refusal - Monsters and Critics.com
- Posted about 17 hours ago on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Google News

