Iran's leader takes boldly to world stage
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UNITED NATIONS -- As he stepped onto the world stage this week, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran sought to assure the American people that his nation is not seeking a nuclear weapon. But he also took on the role of defender of Third World countries that feel bullied by the United States.
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Iran will not beg world powers for its right to develop nuclear technology and has shown it will not retreat from the "field of danger" to protect such rights, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday.
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Iran on Wednesday touted its weekend summit with the Iraqi and Syrian presidents, moving to secure a larger role in the region just as President Bush prepares to head to the Mideast for meetings on reducing American involvement in Iraq.
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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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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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Iran aims to send a satellite into space  next summer and will not retreat in a nuclear row with the  West, its president said on Monday, in a defiant speech on the  anniversary of the country's 1979 Islamic revolution.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Iran should stand up to the world and pursue its nuclear programme, after Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to stop nuclear work which the West says will be used to ...Comment
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Iran should stand up to the world and pursue its nuclear program, after Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to stop nuclear work the West says will be used to make atom bombs.
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A former Iranian leader who is considered an opponent of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was far ahead in the race for a seat on a powerful clerical body, according to partial election results reported by state-run television Sunday.
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Vice President Mohammad Aliabadi was so impressed by Iran's performance on the Asian Games cycling track he wants to buy it lock, stock and barrel.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad says Western nations use the UN Security Council for their own ends.
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Iran's president voiced defiance on Wednesday as world powers prepared to put the finishing touches to new sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying his country would not surrender.
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Iran's supreme leader has signaled a willingness to reinterpret Islamic law more favorably to women's rights &#151; but not by following Western conventions, state media and his official Web site reported Thursday.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left on Saturday for his first official trip to Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally that is leading a diplomatic drive to curb Tehran's growing influence in Lebanon and Iraq.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   urged the West to turn to God's path and said on Wednesday that   failure to do so would tempt fate.
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Iran said on Saturday turnout was high in elections for local councils and a powerful clerical body, with some initial reports suggesting allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might not have won resounding backing.
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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.