Mahmoud Ahmedinajad

Election in US excuse for hasty spending: Ahmadinejad

He said democracy has become a system where the minority rules over the majority.

Ahmadinejad backed down from political dispute

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged to concentrate on overcoming Western economic sanctions instead.

Iran does not take Zionist threats seriously: Ahmadinejad

Ahmadinejad declared Israel has no place in the Middle East, saying that Iran has been around for thousands of years while the modern state of Israel has existed only for the last 60 or so years.

Offending Holy Prophet is abuse of freedom of speech: Ahmadinejad

Iranian President says that hurting religious sentiments is ugly and that war is imminent between Iran and Israel.

Iran parliament begins questioning Ahmadinejad

Ahmadinejad is the first president in the country's history to be hauled before the Iranian parliament.

Iran to hold runoff parliamentary vote

Iran will hold run-off elections for 65 parliamentary seats, state media said on Monday, after loyalists to the paramount clerical leader won a dominating majority at the expense of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Iran's political friction adds heat to elections

The balloting on Friday will amount to a popularity contest among various conservative factions, which were once united against reformists and are now sniping at each other and picking sides.

With nuclear bluster, Iran edges closer to a confrontation

Tehran's resolve to pursue a nuclear program showed no sign of wavering despite Western sanctions inflicting increasing damage on its oil-based economy.

Oil supply to EU nations not stopped, says Iran

Iran trumpeted advances in nuclear technology on Wednesday, citing new uranium enrichment centrifuges and domestically made reactor fuel.

Ahmadinejad says EU to be sanctions loser

Tehran has said the EU's six-month phase-in for the ban indicates its difficulties in cutting Iranian oil supplied as it faces unprecedented economic uncertainties due to a debt crisis.