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Muslim activist confronts Pamela Geller over ‘absurd’ anti-Islam ads
Conservative activist Pamela Geller was called out on Saturday in a CNN interview by a Muslim activist for her latest round of anti-Islamic billboards, which feature, among others, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “The ads are absurd, they’re offensive,” said Linda Sarsour, a spokesperson for the National Network For Arab American…
Dozens of leaders to Chavez funeral, from Cuba to Iran
Venezuelan officials boasted that up to 55 world leaders will attend the state funeral of President Hugo Chavez on Friday, including US bugbears Cuba, Iran and Belarus. Interim leader Nicolas Maduro said heads of state or government from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean have confirmed their attendance…
Iran president sacks cabinet’s sole woman
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sacked Health Minister Marizeh Vahid Dastjerdi, the sole woman in his cabinet, state television reported on Thursday. The minister had proposed price hikes for a number of medicines due to the plunge of the Iranian rial against the US dollar and Western sanctions imposed on…
Ahmadinejad reshuffles controversial aides
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shifted two of controversial aides into new jobs on Saturday, state news agency IRNA reported. Chief of staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie was appointed as an advisor and secretariat head of the Non-Aligned Movement, whose presidency Iran took over this past summer. Mashaie, the bane of ultra-conservatives…
Iran cautiously backs Gaza truce deal
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a qualified welcome Thursday to a truce deal between Israel and Hamas, mediated by Egypt to end eight days of violence that killed six Israelis and 163 Palestinians. “I agree that the truce is a good thing, but we will have to see the basis…
Rep. Israel proposes resolution that calls for arrest of Iranian president
Rep. Steve Israel of New York, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, introduced legislation to the House last week that calls for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be arrested for incitement to genocide. The symbolic resolution notes that Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to “be wiped off the…
Ahmadinejad hopes to expand ties with Argentina
NEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday said he hoped Iran and Argentina could expand their ties soured for more than a decade by a 1994 attack on a Jewish association in Buenos Aires. “We have a tremendous amount of respect for the people and nation of Argentina,”…
Ahmadinejad: I’m gone after 2013
A German magazine is reporting that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is ready to leave politics for good. According to The Times of Israel, Ahmadinejad told Allgemeine Zeitung Saturday that once his current term expires next year, the former mayor of Tehran and civil engineer plans to return to academia. “Eight…
Ahmadinejad tirade on Afghanistan prompts U.S. walkout
A US delegation walked out of a conference in Tajikistan Monday during a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lambasting US policy on Afghanistan as the source of all the nation’s troubles. Ahmadinejad launched his new tirade against Washington at the meeting in the Tajik capital Dushanbe attended by leaders of Afghanistan’s neighbours as well…
Ahmadinejad urges unity against ‘aggression’
DUSHANBE — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on regional powers Sunday to unite against “aggression” as he gathered with his counterparts from Afghanistan and Pakistan for security talks. Ahmadinejad said celebrations for the Iranian New Year holiday Nowruz showed that life only improved after a “hard winter” when friends joined…
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