Ahmadinejad, Chavez Joke About Love & Nukes

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sarcastically addressed America’s growing concern over Iran’s nuclear program referring to themselves as “devils” whose love for one another would fuel their “a-bomb.” (more…)

Ahmadinejad says in interview: It’s not too late to fix US ties

Hours after criticizing America so fiercely that U.S. diplomats stormed out of the U.N. General Assembly in protest, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that time has not run out for the two countries to repair their bad relationship. (more…)

Ahmadinejad blames the west for drought in Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday accused Western countries of devising plans to “cause drought” in the Islamic republic, as he inaugurated a dam in a central province.

“Western countries have designed plans to cause drought in certain areas of the world, including Iran,” the official IRNA (more…)

Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery

Close allies of Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been accused of using supernatural powers to further his policies amid an increasingly bitter power struggle between him and the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (more…)

Ahmadinejad absence fuels talks of Iran political crisis

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s absence from a cabinet meeting Wednesday, his second no-show this week, and his absence from the public light since April 22, have fuelled talks of a serious political crisis in Iran. (more…)

Iran’s supreme leader rebuffs Ahmadinejad

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received a public rebuff Wednesday when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, confirmed that the intelligence minister, whom Ahmadinejad had dismissed Sunday, is to keep his job. (more…)

Ahmadinejad grooms Mashaei as Iran’s president, WikiLeaks

A close ally of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who favours cultural openness and opposes greater clerical involvement in politics, is being groomed as a possible successor to the Iranian president when he steps down in two years time. (more…)

Ahmadinejad-Khamenei friction over Iran’s spy chief

Iran’s intelligence minister was caught in an apparent high-level political dispute Sunday after offering his resignation from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government but later being ordered to remain by Iran’s top leader, news reports said. (more…)

Hamas to Ahmadinejad: Come to Gaza

Hamas has invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Gaza, a Hamas official said. Hamas sources said Ahmadinejad responded positively to the invitation but said the visit is not likely to occur in the near future. (more…)

Aoun, Nasrallah hail Ahmadinejad’s visit as ‘historic’

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and his ally Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun hailed the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s as historic, according to a statement issued by Hezbollah on Saturday. (more…)