Word: ahmadinejad
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...thousands of supporters of opposition presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, often in cars and on motorbikes, waving large green banners, stretching their torsos out the windows to dance to blaring techno beats composed for the candidate, urging a vote for the man best placed to unseat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
...late surge, to be sure, and the electric atmosphere on the streets has taken many by surprise, given the years of apathy and disillusionment that followed the failure of the reform movement led by former President Mohammed Khatami. Despite widespread dissatisfaction with Ahmadinejad's performance in office, a little more than a week ago, opinion polls showed Ahmadinejad ahead of Mousavi. And opposition supporters were depressed by what at first appeared to be Ahmadinejad's victory in the country's first-ever TV debates, as he accused both of his reformist rivals, Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, of being part...
...Adopting the style of a populist demagogue, Ahmadinejad hasn't allowed facts to spoil a good argument. In public appearances, for example, he has repeatedly claimed that Iran's inflation rate is 15%, whereas the country's Central Bank puts it at 25%. He insists, against the evidence, that unemployment and the country's disparity in wealth are both on the decline, and he casts himself as an Iranian Robin Hood, depicted on banners as bowing to poor old farmers and deprived children. And in a neat trick for an incumbent, he styles himself as an insurgent outsider: "For four...
...Death to the government of potato!' SUPPORTERS of Iranian presidential hopeful Mir-Hossein Moussavi, referring to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who distributed 400,000 tons of free potatoes in the run-up to the country's June 12 election...
Media buzz before the showdown in Pyongyang centered around Afshin Ghotbi, the Iranian-American who was named coach of the team ahead of the game in a bid - supposedly encouraged by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - to revitalize Iran's flagging footballing fortunes. Many in Iran thought Ghotbi ought to have been in charge from the very start of their qualification campaign last year. But politics and prejudice stood in the way of his appointment then - after all, when Iran beat the United States 2-1 in the 1998 World Cup, a victory that saw millions of Iranians fill the nation...