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Saturday, July 22, 2006

Iran: Ahmadinejad Marks One Year As President


Golly, it seems like yesterday since he was elected.
And you know what a lousy day yesterday was....

One year ago, on June 24, 2005, the little-known, hard-line mayor of Tehran was elected as Iran's president. Once in office, Mahmud Ahmadinejad grabbed international headlines with his fiery rhetoric about Israel, the Holocaust, and Iran's disputed nuclear program. At home in Iran, Ahmadinejad has portrayed himself as a man of the people with a modest lifestyle. He has vowed to improve people's economic situations and narrow the gap between rich and poor. continued