Ahmadinejad seeks to soothe critics
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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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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his first visit to Sudan on Wednesday extended full support to his counterpart Omar al-Beshir, blaming the United States and its allies for the region's woes.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday the power of the United States was rapidly collapsing in Iraq and that Iran was ready to step in to help fill the vacuum, in comments likely to irritate Washington.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call Tuesday for a televised debate with President Bush is not the first time the hard-line leader has made such a direct overture.
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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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Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that Iran is ready to hold more talks with the United States over stabilizing Iraq, the state-run news agency reported.
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Many are hoping a trip by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Saudi Arabia will help calm sectarian tensions threatening the Middle East, notably those in Iraq and Lebanon.
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Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is poised to deliver a defiant address to the United Nations general assembly this week amid a storm of opposition to his visit to New York and growing international alarm over his country's nuclear ambitions.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his first visit to Khartoum on Wednesday, for talks with his Sudanese opposite number Omar al-Beshir, two leaders who have been increasingly defiant in the face of Western pressure.
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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.
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TEHRAN, June 30 -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who swept to power promising that every family would benefit from the nation's oil wealth, now faces growing domestic discontent over newly imposed fuel rationing and skyrocketing consumer prices.
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In New York, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad draws ire and boos, but rhetoric plays in Mideast.
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President Ahmadinejad says he wants to address the UN Security Council to defend Iran's nuclear programme.
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Iran is ready to hold more talks with its arch enemy the United States to help secure Iraq, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Israel of occupation and racism on Monday at the start of a visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly meeting that has sparked protests and anger.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   on Friday welcomed a world power overture to defuse a standoff   over Tehran's nuclear activity as a positive step but gave no   sign when an answer would come.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday denied reports that Iran had slowed down its atomic work, which the West fears is aimed at making nuclear bombs.