Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former President of Iran who was a zealous hardliner with popular appeal
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former President of Iran (2005-13), who has died aged 69, was an obscure figure when he was appointed mayor of Tehran in the spring of 2003, and not particularly well known when he won the second round run-off vote in the 2005 presidential election; yet over the next five years he established himself firmly as the West’s favourite bogeyman.
In 2005 the international community anticipated a win for the incumbent president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, so Ahm
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former President of Iran (2005-13), who has died aged 69, was an obscure figure when he was appointed mayor of Tehran in the spring of 2003, and not particularly well known when he won the second round run-off vote in the 2005 presidential election; yet over the next five years he established himself firmly as the West’s favourite bogeyman.
In 2005 the international community anticipated a win for the incumbent president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, so Ahm
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