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  Iran disqualifies Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from presidential elections

  World | April 21, 2017 9:57 IST

  Iran's high legislative body, Guardian Council of Constitution, on Thursday disqualified former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the upcoming presidential elections slated to be held on May 19.

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  Iran arrests former vice president under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  World | June 08, 2015 23:15 IST

  Tehran, Iran: Iranian authorities on Monday arrested a former vice president who served under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in the second such detention of a senior official from the hard-line former leader's administration, the official IRNA news

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  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may get 74 lashes for allegedly breaking election law

  World | May 14, 2013 16:29 IST

  Tehran, May 14: Iran's constitutional watchdog said it will seek possible charges against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for allegedly violating rules by accompanying his chief adviser to the election registry office the previous day.A conviction could

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  Go Build 4 Nuclear Reactors, Ahmadinejad Tells Iranian Scientists

  World | February 16, 2012 10:23 IST

  Tehran, Feb 16 : Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday ordered Iran to "go build" four more nuclear research reactors in addition to the sole one operating in Tehran."It has been estimated that four nuclear

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  Ahmadinejad's Media Adviser Arrested

  World | November 21, 2011 22:20 IST

  Tehran, Nov 21: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's media adviser was arrested on Monday in his office by the judiciary, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported, without giving a reason for his arrest. "A few minutes

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  Iran Says UN Nuclear Chief Is American Pawn

  World | November 08, 2011 19:27 IST

  Tehran, Nov 8: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized the head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency as an American pawn, in the run-up to its expected release of evidence which purports to document Tehran's nuclear

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  Ahmadinejad Threatnes To Send US, Israel To The Morgue

  World | July 21, 2011 18:13 IST

  Tehran, July 21: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has threatened to destroy the US and Israel and send them to the “morgue” if Iran is put on the defensive. “Resistance will continue until Iran sends its

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  Ahmadinejad Meets India's National Security Adviser

  World | March 08, 2011 10:11 IST

  Tehran, Mar 7: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met visiting Shivshankar Menon, India's National Security Adviser, on Monday evening in Tehran.India and Iran have close political and economic ties. Before his meeting with Ahmadinejad, Menon had

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  Iran's Foreign Minister Sacked

  World | December 14, 2010 10:29 IST

  Tehran, Dec 14 : Iran's president abruptly fired his foreign minister on Monday and named the nuclear chief as acting top diplomat, the latest sign of a rift at the top levels of the Islamic

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  Ahmadinejad Again Calls For Fresh Probe Into 9/11 Attacks

  World | October 04, 2010 8:52 IST

  Iran's president on Sunday once more questioned who was behind the September 11 attacks in the United States and said they gave Washington a pretext for seeking to dominate the region and plunder its oil