Editing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Mahmoud Ahmadinejad portrait 2013.jpg
|fullname = Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|alias = Mahmoud Sabbaghian
|origin = Aradan, Semnan, Imperial State of Iran
|occupation = President of Iran (2005 - 2013)<br>Mayor of Tehran (2003 - 2005)
|type of villain = Corrupt Official
|goals = 
|crimes = Human rights abuses<br>Abuse of power<br>[[Holocaust denial]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Election fraud<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Arms trafficking]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Persecution of Christians]]
|hobby = Ruling Iran}}
{{Quote|If all of you gather and also invite your ancestors from Hell, you will still not be able to stop the Great Iranian nation.|Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ''TIME'' Magazine, December 2006}}
'''Mahmoud Ahmadinejad''' (born October 28th, 1956) is a former Iranian politician. He was the sixth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Iran President] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran Islamic Republic of Iran], and the main political leader of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_of_Builders_of_Islamic_Iran Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran], a coalition of conservative political groups in the country.

==Presidency==
Internationally he is criticized for his hostility towards some countries, most notably [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel Israel], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America United States of America]. He launched a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Gas_Rationing_Plan_in_Iran gas rationing plan] in 2007 to reduce the country's fuel consumption, and cut the interest rates that private and public banking facilities could charge. He supports [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_nuclear_program Iran's nuclear program]. His [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_presidential_election,_2009 election to a second term in 2009] was widely disputed and caused widespread [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%932010_Iranian_election_protests protests domestically] and drew significant international criticism. On 14 March 2012, Ahmadinejad became the first president of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran Islamic Republic of Iran] to be summoned by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly Islamic Consultative Assembly] to answer questions regarding his presidency.

==Human rights record==
According to a report by Human Rights Watch, "Since President Ahmadinejad came to power, treatment of detainees has worsened in Evin Prison as well as in detention centers operated clandestinely by the Judiciary, the Ministry of Information, and the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]]." Human Rights Watch also has stated, "Respect for basic human rights in Iran, especially freedom of expression and assembly, deteriorated in 2006. The government routinely tortures and mistreats detained dissidents, including through prolonged solitary confinement."Human Rights Watch described the source of human rights violations in contemporary Iran as coming from the Judiciary, accountable to [[Ali Khamenei]], and from members directly appointed by Ahmadinejad.

Responses to dissent have varied. Human Rights Watch writes that "the Ahmadinejad government, in a pronounced shift from the policy under former president Mohammed Khatami, has shown no tolerance for peaceful protests and gatherings." In December 2006, Ahmadinejad advised officials not to disturb students who engaged in a protest during a speech of his at the Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, although speakers at other protests have included among their complaints that there had been a crackdown on dissent at universities since Ahmadinejad was elected.

In April 2007, the Tehran police, which is under Khamenei's supervision, began a crackdown on women with "improper hijab." This led to criticism from associates of Ahmadinejad.

In 2012, 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. He has also [[Homophobia|described homosexuality as "ugly".]]

==Anti-Semitism==
He was strongly criticized after claiming that the Jews invented [[the Holocaust]] and making other statements influenced by "classic anti-Semitic ideas," which has led to accusations of [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitism]]. Ahmedinejad denied that he was an antisemite, saying that he "respects Jews very much" and that he was not "passing judgment" on the Holocaust. Later, Ahmedinejad claimed that promoting [[Holocaust denial]] was a major achievement of his presidency; he stated that "put[ting] it forward at the global level ... broke the spine of the Western capitalist regime". The comments appeared on the Arabic but not on the English version of Fars News Agency's website

==1979 Iran Hostage Crisis==
Many people do not know, but Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was originally a member of the [[Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line]], a group of college students who stormed the U.S Embassy in Tehran in Nov 4, 1979 and took 52 American Diplomats hostage. Although Ahmadinejad and a few Iranian politicians deny this, there is evidence that this true.
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