Ahmadinejad riles West but woos Iran's poor
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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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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's allies failed to dominate elections for a powerful Iranian clerical body and local councils, early results showed on Sunday, in what analysts said was a setback to the president's standing.
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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 has said the international incentive offer to curtail his nation&#039;s nuclear program was a &amp;quot;step forward&amp;quot; that would be carefully considered.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - President Mahmoud   Ahmadinejad shored up opposition to a U.S. drive to curb Iran's   nuclear program on a visit to Venezuela on Sunday that cemented   an anti-American front with President Hugo Chavez.
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With prices rising and the economy stagnating, Iranians view their President as less a national hero than the latest in a long line of ineffectual bureaucrats
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad says Western nations use the UN Security Council for their own ends.
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Iranian President Mahmoud   Ahmadinejad accused the West on Tuesday of abusing the United   Nations to try to deny Iran the right to peaceful nuclear   technology which Western states enjoyed.
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Iran's anti-Western President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces the first test of his popularity since coming to power 16 months ago with elections on Friday for local councils and a powerful clerical assembly.
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A sharp rise in inflation has provoked fierce criticism of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Â not only from his reformist opponents, but also from senior conservatives who helped bring him to power but now say he is mismanaging the economy.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he is surprised that American politicians "are so sensitive and biased with regards to Israel." While not directly repeating his past calls for Israel's elimination, Ahmadinejad did question whether the Holocaust should be used as a "pretext for occupying Palestinian land" when the Palestinians had nothing to do with the genocide in Europe.
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Iranians may have lost faith in the mullahs, but they're not about to overthrow them.
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A coalition of Iranian reformists on Friday criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his hardline policies and said they were worsening a crisis with the international community.
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Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he is not an anti-Semite - months after urging Israel's destruction.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have faced ridicule in the United States by suggesting there were no homosexuals in Iran, but he won praise at home on Wednesday for taking his country's case to "the Lion's Den".
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad writes to US citizens asking them to reject  President Bush's policies.
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In New York, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad draws ire and boos, but rhetoric plays in Mideast.