Iranian president spars with academics in NY
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with a U.S. academic who called him a "petty and cruel dictator" at a forum in New York on Monday where Ahmadinejad said Iran was a peaceful nation and a victim of terrorism.
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One of Iran's top reform politicians said Wednesday that demonizing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad &#151; such as in this week's Columbia University forum &#151; only strengthens hard-liners' hand as Iranians rally around their otherwise unpopular leader.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 20 -- In a feisty session with leading foreign policy experts, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defiantly stuck to his hard-line positions on issues including Iran's nuclear program and a need for further study to confirm the Holocaust.
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Iran's former President Mohammed Khatami could be found munching seared salmon and Caesar salad last weekend with Harvard professors on the last leg of a five-city U.S. tour.
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A former Iranian leader once seen as the harbinger of moderation and better relations with the United States is making the case for dialogue nearly on the doorstep of the White House.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday   challenged President Bush to a televised debate and voiced   defiance as a deadline neared for Iran to halt work the West   fears is a step toward building nuclear bombs.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lambasted President George W. Bush's Middle East strategy on Wednesday at a time the U.S. leader is under pressure to open direct contacts with Tehran.
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Iranians on Tuesday called the combative introduction of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by the head of Columbia University "shameful" and said the harsh words only added to their image of the United States as a bully
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Protesters gather as Iran's president prepares to speak at Columbia University.
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Columbia University said it does not plan to call off a speech by Iran's president despite pressure from critics including the City Council speaker, who said the Ivy League school was providing a forum for "hate-mongering vitriol."
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Iran's president, responding to   Western criticism of his questioning of the Holocaust and a   call for Israel to be "wiped off the map," said on Thursday his   quarrel was with Zionists and not Jews.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for liberal and secular university lecturers to be removed.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran is neither building a nuclear bomb nor headed to war with the United States in a television interview ahead of an appearance at Columbia University on Monday
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad writes to US citizens asking them to reject  President Bush's policies.
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Iran's president held talks Monday with Belarus' authoritarian leader, who has been courting other vehement opponents of the United States
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Iranian president appears unworried about the prospect of a US or Israeli air strike on his country.
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A former Iranian president criticized hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's economic policy on Friday, saying it was a serious issue that may harm the clerical establishment.