Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cancelled a press conference scheduled for later Friday at United Nations headquarters in New York. No reasons were provided to the UN secretariat, which organises the event for Ahmadinejad each year when he comes to New York to attend the UN General Assembly. The cancellation coincided with news that Iran [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday said that dominance of several states in global affairs was “unacceptable” and called for the veto right of permanent members of the UN Security Council to be revoked. “It is unacceptable that the UN and Security Council, which should represent the opinion of all nations and governments by democratic means, [...]

The European Union Sunday strongly condemned comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denying the Holocaust. “The presidency of the European Union condemns statements by President Ahmadinejad at the Quds Day rally in Tehran, where he repeated denials of the Holocaust and of the right to exist of the state of Israel,” the EU statement said. [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has nominated another woman for the education ministry after his first female nominee was rejected by the parliament, a media report said Sunday. Ahmadinejad has introduced parliament deputy Fatemeh Alia as replacement for the rejected Susan Keshavarz, the official news agency IRNA reported. The parliament Thursday rejected both Keshavarz for the [...]