Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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Iran Culture Clash

AP News 6 days ago

FILE - In this Thursday Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, Iranian film director Hana Makhmalbaf protests as she arrives at a movie theater holding a banner against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and a portrait of Neda Agha Soltan, a woman who ...

Iran MPs to vote on rest of Ahmadinejad cabinet

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

Iran's parliament will vote Sunday on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's nominations for the final three posts in his cabinet after rejecting his initial candidates for being unqualified, media reported. MP Hamid Reza Hajibabai, former interior minister Sadeq Mahsouli and Ali Zabihi, former head ...

TURKEY SUMMIT

AP News 8 days ago

President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad of Iran, left, his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad chat during a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Ahmedinejad and Assad are in Turkey to attend the Organization of Islamic Conference meetings ...

Iran denounces university honour for shot student

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

Iran has denounced Oxford University after one of its colleges set up a scholarship in honour of Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot dead during a protest after disputed elections, a report said Wednesday. The regime accused the university in a letter of ...

Peres urges Brazil to counter Iran's threats

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

Israeli President Shimon Peres urged Brazil to use its growing clout to challenge Iran's threats against his country during a visit here just two weeks before Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "There needs to be a voice against destruction and against terror, a ...

Iran inflation dips to 16.7% in October

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

Inflation in Iran, one of its biggest economic challenges, fell to 16.7 percent in the Iranian month ending October 22, state television reported on Tuesday, quoting a central bank report. The figure is down from 18.5 percent in the previous month. Inflation ...

Peres to Latin America to counter Iranian influence

AFP Global Edition 11 days ago

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday headed on a tour of Brazil and Argentina to counter arch-foe Iran's influence in Latin America, the second such trip in months by a senior Israeli official. The elder statesman was to arrive in Brasilia early ...

Iran's Karoubi attacks Ahmadinejad on U.S. policy

Reuters US Online Report World News 12 days ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi, whose supporters clashed with police in a rally last week, accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday of double standards in his U.S. policy. Karoubi, who was defeated in June's disputed presidential election, said the populist ...

Mideast Iran Qatar

AP News 13 days ago

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he arrives for an official welcoming ceremony for Qatari Emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Copyright 2009 AP News

Iran announce trial dates for detained reformists

AFP Global Edition 14 days ago

Six Iranian reformists arrested during protests against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will come up for trial in the next few days, the chief prosecutor said on Friday. "On Saturday, Ali Tajernia, Saeed Shariati and Ebrahim Amini will be tried," ...

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