Ahmadinejad popularity tested in Iran vote
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Iranians voted on Friday for local councils and a powerful clerical body in elections that will give the first indication of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's popularity since he swept to office in 2005.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a historic trip to Iraq sometime before March 19, state media reported Monday, the first such visit ever by an Iranian leader.
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Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad broke away from events at the U.N. General Assembly to hold an informal question-and-answer session with high-powered members of America's most prestigious foreign policy think tank &#151; despite objections from some Jewish groups and the Bush administration.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have gained greater short-term power with the resignation of Iran's top nuclear negotiator, but the departure appears to have further damaged the president's standing among many conservatives in the Islamic republic.
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After railing against U.S. global   dominance at the United Nations this week, hard-line Iranian   President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared with some of his most   prominent American critics to debate issues including his views   on the Holocaust and Iran's nuclear program.
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QOM, Iran  - Election posters of turbaned clerics are pasted on walls and newspapers debate the nature of divine rule before Friday's vote for what is, in theory, Iran's most powerful institution.
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Close to 400 people registered as candidates Saturday for Iranian parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Iran's top cleric told rival factions on Wednesday not to "destroy" each other in campaigning for March elections, expected to pit backers of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against more moderate politicians.
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Iran is emboldened by oil prices, its opponents' involvement in other conflicts, and an ironclad belief in its nuclear rights.
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TEHRAN -- Tens of thousands of flag-waving Iranians converged on Azadi Square yesterday to voice support for Iran's bid for nuclear energy, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed to press forward with the country's uranium-enrichment program.
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In his outward persona at least, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to this country to lessen hostility toward himself and to defend Iran, not to rabble-rouse and provoke hatred. Whether he succeeded remains an open question.
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His speeches cause outrage in the West and critics at home say his economic policies are failing, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad still rallies Iran's poor with his common touch and promises of state handouts.
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Iran's constitutional watchdog has approved June 17 as the date for presidential elections, state-run television reported Saturday, marking the first contest for control of the presidency since ruling clerics barred reformist candidates from last year's parliamentary election.
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Candidates began registering on Saturday for Iran's parliamentary election in March, which will pit conservatives who now dominate the assembly against moderates seeking a comeback.
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The Mahdi, an imam who happens to be Ahmadinejad's favorite, has become the object of frenzied and government-nurtured worship
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Washington's drive toward regime change in Iran is only rallying the country around its radical president.
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Face to face with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the man whose swagger is stirring fears of war with the U.S.