Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranians Take to Street to Protest Elections
June 15, 2009By Edward Yeranian Thousands of Iranians have staged another rally against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, defying a government ban on protests. Tens of thousands of supporters of pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi took to...
Musavi Supporters Protest Ahmadinejad's Victory
June 13, 2009By Golnaz Esfandiari Several thousand supporters of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s main election opponent clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday after authorities declared Ahmadinejad the decisive winner in...
Ahmadinejad Win Sparks Protests in Tehran
June 13, 2009Protesters clashed with police in the streets of Tehran Saturday, following the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The violence broke out Saturday shortly after Iran's interior minister (Sadeq Mahsouli) declared Mr. Ahmadinejad had...
Ahmadinejad Wins Landslide Victory in Iran
June 13, 2009Hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been declared the winner of Iran's presidential election, prompting street protests by the opposition. Iran's interior minister, Sadeq Mahsouli, announced Saturday that President Ahmadinejad won 62.6 percent...
Iranian Election Officials: Ahmadinejad Has Commanding Lead
June 12, 2009Iranian election officials say President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken a commanding lead over reformist rival Mir Hossein Mousavi in his bid for re-election. Results show that with nearly 70 percent of the votes counted, Mr. Ahmadinejad won 66 percent...
Iran election results: Ahmadinejad Wins Re-Election (state media)
June 12, 2009Iranian state media say Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won re-election as Iran's president, but a reformist rival also is claiming victory. Neither the official IRNA news agency nor the competing announcement by former Iranian Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi...
Iran denies that foreign minister resigned
October 24, 2007Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied reports Wednesday that Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki had quit over a political disagreement. The Iranian Mehr news agency quoted parliamentary sources as saying Mottaki had resigned and that further...
World Leaders Address UN General Assembly
September 26, 2007Climate change, sustainable development, terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear weapons topped the agendas of several world leaders speaking before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. From United Nations headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret...
Iran takes nuclear claims to U.N.
September 24, 2007Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken his country's claims of no nuclear weapons aspirations to New York. His schedule included an address to the U.N. General Assembly and a speech at Columbia University. Sunday night, CBS aired an interview...
Video: Ahmadinejad arrives in New York
September 24, 2007Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in a high security escort in New York City for the U.N. General Assembly. As Reuters informs, plans for him to speak at New York's Columbia University have drawn protests from some who say the university...