Tag
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
![Iran's 2017 Election: Ahmadinejad’s Candidacy Signals the Regime's Weakening Iran's 2017 Election: Ahmadinejad’s Candidacy Signals the Regime's Weakening](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-800px-mahmoud_ahmadinejad_columbia.jpg)
Iran's 2017 Election: Ahmadinejad’s Candidacy Signals the Regime's Weakening
By Heshmat Alavi
![As Presidential Election Nears, Iran's Hardliners Flex Their Muscles As Presidential Election Nears, Iran's Hardliners Flex Their Muscles](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-10_22-25-07.jpg)
As Presidential Election Nears, Iran's Hardliners Flex Their Muscles
By Yigal Chazan
![How Iran’s Upcoming Election Drives Nuclear Diplomacy How Iran’s Upcoming Election Drives Nuclear Diplomacy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-24_12-10-40.jpg)
How Iran’s Upcoming Election Drives Nuclear Diplomacy
By Daniel Berman
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Iran’s Top Leader Questions Holocaust
By Zachary Keck
![Despite Western Music Ban, Iranians Rock On Despite Western Music Ban, Iranians Rock On](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-12_09-58-34.jpg)
Despite Western Music Ban, Iranians Rock On
By Angela Erika Kubo
![Rouhani to the Rescue in Iran? Rouhani to the Rescue in Iran?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sizes/thumbnail/881_5242ab09dea6f.jpg)
Rouhani to the Rescue in Iran?
Iran’s economy is currently in tatters. Does the new president hold the necessary keys to improving it?
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Coming Soon: India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
Plus, Ahmadinejad says that nuclear weapons are sooo 20th century. Thursday defense links.
![Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s African Safari Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s African Safari](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/12282_525383b593f1f.jpg)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s African Safari
From Ghana to Egypt to the Horn, the departing president has leveraged economic and diplomatic ties to expand Iran’s reach in Africa.
![How Iran’s Election Could Change Nuclear Negotiations How Iran’s Election Could Change Nuclear Negotiations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/2744_524383c907645.jpg)
How Iran’s Election Could Change Nuclear Negotiations
Friday’s election may not change Iran’s nuclear stance, but it could change the West’s position on a deal with Iran.
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Undermining Iran’s Islamic Republic From Within
Constant meddling threatens to drag the Supreme Leader into the political mud.
![Iran’s Elections: The Maneouvering Begins Iran’s Elections: The Maneouvering Begins](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sizes/thumbnail/12166_525382c92f1fb.jpg)
Iran’s Elections: The Maneouvering Begins
While Saeed Jalili appears the early frontrunner, the early chaos of Iran’s presidential elections underscores the unpredictability of the race.
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The Iran Secret: Explaining North Korea's Rocket Success
For years the Iran factor in North Korea’s ballistic missile program has been hiding in the open.