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Being mayor of Tehran may not be the summit of Qalibaf's political ambitions. Iran is buzzing with speculation that he will mount a challenge to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in next year's elections. The hard-line incumbent looks vulnerable because of domestic woes, including high inflation and unemployment, and an international environment in which Iran's relations with the West are at their most strained since the 1979 revolution. Qalibaf won't be the only challenger - others may include Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, a former national security chief, and ex-Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel - but Qalibaf, a conservative...
...MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, President of Iran, denying U.S. accusations that his country is building nuclear bombs...
...prove that it could respond to an attack from the U.S. or Israel over its controversial nuclear program. The test, which officials said included a new version of Iran's Shahab-3 missile that can reach Israel and U.S. Gulf bases, came less than a day after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promised that "there won't be any war" with either nation...
...Leader's foreign policy adviser, underscore a sense that the Tehran regime may be seriously debating the possibility of engaging with the Western offer. Velayati, known as a close confidant of Khamenei - the man who wields executive power in Iran - also took unmistakable aim at hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, though without mentioning him by name. He warned that "[Iranian] officials ... should avoid illogical and provocative sloganeering. A certain declaration could cause us problems; we need to be careful not to make these declarations...
...playing politics. "Apparently they would rather contrive a political issue than foster a genuine discussion about the future of our country," Plouffe said. McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds quickly struck back with a zinger. "Barack Obama requires more preconditions to meet with voters and John McCain than he does Mahmoud Ahmadinejad," he said, referencing the Iranian President...