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{{Quote|Look at America and England. Wherever there is dictatorship, terror, assassination their hand is in it.|Mahmoud Ahmadinejad}} | |||
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born October 28, 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. | |||
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. | 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. | ||
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