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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an Iranian politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. Ideologically a principlist and nationalist, he was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and a strong proponent of Iran's nuclear program. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country, a…
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politics · President of Iran from 2005 to 2013 · university teacher · engineer · head of state · politician · also Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmūd Ahmadinezhād, Ahmadinejad
Born 28 October 1956 · Q34448
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I am against saying that two children are enough. Our country has a lot of capacity. It has the capacity for many children to grow in it. It even has the capacity for 120 million people. Westerners have got problems. Because their population growth is negative, they are worried and fear that if our population increases, we will triumph over them.
In the world, there are deviations from the right path: Christianity and Judaism. Dollars have been devoted to the propagation of these deviations. There are also false claims that these [religions] will save mankind. But Islam is the only religion that [can] save mankind.
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“I am against saying that two children are enough. Our country has a lot of capacity. It has the capacity for many children to grow in it. It even has the capacity for 120 million people. Westerners have got problems. Because their population growth is negative, they are worried and fear that if our population increases, we will triumph over them.”
“In the world, there are deviations from the right path: Christianity and Judaism. Dollars have been devoted to the propagation of these deviations. There are also false claims that these [religions] will save mankind. But Islam is the only religion that [can] save mankind.”
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“s oil revenues to help young people get jobs, afford marriage, and buy their own homes. The fund also sought charitable donations, with a board of trustees in each of Iran”
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“protect the official faith, the system of the Islamic revolution and the constitution”
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“exemplary government for the people of the world”
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Public attention spiked: 19,479 Wikipedia readers in one day, 16.9× the usual 1,150, with 12 article edits. Coverage that week: “New report details Israel's apparent secret plan to cultivate Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad” (Yahoo).
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Yahoo: New report details Israel's apparent secret plan to cultivate Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Public attention spiked: 5,717 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5× the usual 1,150, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Trump may see himself in Ahmadinejad but having him lead Iran was a perplexing idea” (The Guardian).
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The Guardian: Trump may see himself in Ahmadinejad but having him lead Iran was a perplexing idea
The Guardian: US and Israel ‘hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader’
The Quint rated the claim “This is a recent video showing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad alive in Iran, after reports of his death emerged.” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “The viral video shows former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appearing in public after reports claimed he was killed in the US–Israel strikes on Iran.” MISLEADING.
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Alt News rated the claim “Viral clip shows former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is alive after assassination attempt” False.
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PTI rated the claim “A video claims to show former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose death Israel previously announced, appearing in public.” Misleading.
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Campaign: 2024 presidential election.
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fact checker rated the claim “Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Israels pavilion at the Expo 2020 held in Dubai.” misleading.
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An independent poll conducted for IranWire by Stasis in October 2020 found that 37% of respondents would vote for Ahmadinejad if he could be a candidate for the upcoming 2021 Iranian presidential election.
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Polls conducted by Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) and IranPoll with ±3
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After he did not deny plans when questioned by the media in 2015
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Campaign: 2017 presidential election.
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Khamenei advised Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his former ally with whom his relationship was strained after Ahmadinejad accused his son Mojtaba Khamenei of embezzling from the state treasury, to not run for president again
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Awarded Grand Cross of the National Order of Benin (2013).
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Hassan Rouhani was elected as Ahmadinejad's successor
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Havana (2012).
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Khamenei ordered a halt to a parliamentary inquiry into Ahmadinejad's mishandling of the Iranian economy
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Ahmadinejad claimed that AIDS was created by the West in order to weaken poorer countries, and repeated a previous claim that homosexual Iranians did not exist
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Career landmark: Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (2012–2013).
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“forged a close public friendship”
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Career landmark: Minister of Petroleum of Iran (2011–2011).
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Awarded The honorary doctor of Lebanese University (2010).
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Ahmadinejad reiterated the 9/11 conspiracy, and wrote:
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Stated that Ahmadinejad is a self-described "principlist"
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Was widely disputed, and led to widespread protests domestically and criticism from Western countries
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Campaign: 2009 presidential election protests.
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Campaign: 2009 presidential election.
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Ahmadinejad dismissed Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, an opponent of Mashaei
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Career landmark: Minister of Intelligence (Iran) (2009–2009).
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A serious conflict emerged between the Iranian President and the head of parliament over three laws approved by the Iranian parliament: "the agreement for civil and criminal legal cooperation between Iran and Kyrgyzstan"
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The government sent the "Family Protection Bill" to the Iranian parliament
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“The corrupt element will be wiped off the map.”
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Awarded Orden de la Independencia Cultural Rubén Darío (2007).
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Awarded Order of Augusto César Sandino (2007).
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Ahmadinejad introduced a gasoline rationing plan to reduce the country's fuel consumption and cut the interest rates that private and public banking facilities could charge
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Election lost: 2006 councils and Assembly of Experts election.
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Awarded Order of the Liberator (2006).
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Ahmadinejad proclaimed (without consulting the clerics beforehand), that women be allowed into football stadiums to watch male football clubs compete
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Campaign: 2006 councils and Assembly of Experts election.
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The Iranian parliament rejected the fund; however, Ahmadinejad ordered the administrative council to execute the plan
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The Ahmadinejad government reportedly forced numerous Iranian scientists and university professors to resign or to retire
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Ahmadinejad's government applied a 50% quota for male students and 50% for female students in the university entrance exam for medicine, dentistry and pharmacy
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Election won: 2005 presidential election.
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Awarded Order of Islamic Revolution (2005).
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Selected from 550 nominees, only nine of them from Asia
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Ahmadinejad, in a speech praising the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, was translated by Iranian state-run media as saying that "Israel must be wiped off the map
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Career landmark: President of Iran (2005–2013).
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Campaign: 2005 election.
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And 2013), but Khamenei chose to not give his opinion on those occasions
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Campaign: 2005 presidential election.
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And 2009 as the Minister of Intelligence respectively, who oversaw the detention of U
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Career landmark: Mayor of Tehran (2003–2005).
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In transportation engineering and planning from Iran University of Science and Technology as well, when he was the mayor of Ardabil Province, located at the north-west of the country
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“El dólar ya no es dinero, sino un puñado de papeles que se imprimen, sin que tenga el apoyo del trabajo o del material, y que se difunde en el mundo.”
“Si el Holocausto, como ellos dicen, es verdad, ¿por qué no ofrecen pruebas?.”
“Is it possible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism? You should know that this slogan, this goal, can certainly be achieved.”
“I want to tell them (western countries) just as the Soviet Union was wiped out and today does not exist, so will the Zionist regime (in Israel) soon be wiped out.”
“Anyone who is a Palestinian citizen, whether Christian, Jewish or Muslim, should decide together in a very free referendum. There is no need for war. There is no need for threats or an atom bomb either.”
“Everyone knows that the Zionist regime is a tool in the hands of the United States and British governments.”
“Si su civilización consiste en la agresión, en oprimir a pueblos sin hogar, en sofocar la voz de la justicia y en llevar la pobreza a la mayoría de los pueblos del mundo, les decimos con rotundidad que odiamos su hueca civilización.”
Career landmark: Governor of Ardabil Province (1993–1997).
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Was replaced along with all other provincial governors in 1997 after the election of President Mohammad Khatami and returned to teaching
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And in 1997 received his doctorate in civil engineering and traffic transportation planning
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That he advised a person to not run for election
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Which had created no furor at the time, but did so when Ahmadinejad quoted them in 2005
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Ahmadinejad took Iran's national university entrance examination
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Studied at Iran University of Science and Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (1975).
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Born 1956-10-28.
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