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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Karim Kadim/Pool

Ahmadinejad Heeds Khamenei’s Request

by Adel al-Salmi | Sep 28, 2016 | Middle East

London- Iran’s Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Tuesday that he will not run for presidency in next year’s Iranian election, heeding the wishes of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Some newspapers that support Iranian President Hassan...

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Karim Kadim

Ahmadinejad Prohibited to Run for President…based on Khamenei’s Orders

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2016 | World

Tehran – Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has advised former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, without naming him, not to run for the country’s upcoming presidential elections. The instructions of Khamenei would probably destroy Ahmadinejad’s chances for getting...

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s former president, is rumoured to be planning a political comeback (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

Iran’s Former President Asks Obama to Overturn Supreme Court Ruling

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 10, 2016 | World

London-Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked U.S. President Barack Obama to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued in April that allowed the seizure of two billion dollars worth of Iranian assets to compensate victims of the 1983 Beirut terror...

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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (R) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (L) at the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, 10 January 2013. Salehi arrived in Egypt for talks with Egyptian and Arab officials on bilateral relations and the Syrian crisis. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI

Opinion: Tehran is playing a double game

by Tariq Alhomayed | Jul 22, 2013 | Opinion

The Iranians hastened to sacrifice the Muslim Brotherhood, not out of love for the Egyptians but out of hatred of the Turks, aiming to isolate Turkey in view of Erdogan’s recklessness toward Egypt. Iran’s attitude is also aimed at furthering détente with...

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, left, and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu shake hands before their talks in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 12, 2013.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Iranian, Turkish foreign ministers discuss Egyptian crisis

by Ali M. Pedram | Jul 13, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi paid a short working visit to Ankara on Friday to discuss the latest developments in Egypt as well as other regional issues, according to the official news agency IRNA. Iranian foreign ministry...