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He is a stringent nationalist and a far-right politician. </p><p>Ever the hardliner, Ahmadinejad was a <a href="/wiki/Holocaust_denial" title="Holocaust denial">Holocaust denier</a>, a far-right authoritarian, and a man so unpopular he had to steal an election to remain in power. Even compared to the mullahs, he was a batshit social conservative who banned dog walking and denied gay people existed. A deeply paranoid, hateful, and authoritarian blowhard with a massive ego, he defied all the norms and wrote his own rules even in the face of massive public and institutional backlash, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">which sounds awfully familiar</a>. As President of Iran, Ahmadinejad immediately boosted the power and influence of the Revolutionary Guard (of which he was once a member) by stacking the government with their members and allowing them to further entrench the Guards' hold on the country. These moves undermined the power of the clerics who wanted theocracy to stay as the status quo.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[3]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Attempts_at_dictatorship"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Attempts at dictatorship</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Massive_ego"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Massive ego</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Feud_with_the_Supreme_Leader"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Feud with the Supreme Leader</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Going_down_the_slippery_slope"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Going down the slippery slope</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Beliefs"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Beliefs</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Political_career"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Political career</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Attempts_at_dictatorship">Attempts at dictatorship</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Attempts at dictatorship">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Massive_ego">Massive ego</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Massive ego">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>He was swept into power as a Khamenei loyalist. However, he had unbelievable delusions of grandeur that inspired him to turn the presidency into more of an executive body regardless of the Supreme Leader's wishes. By "inserting himself" in all of Iran’s "most contentious debates" and by asserting himself both on the domestic and international stage, Ahmadinejad "emerged as the focal point of Iran’s contemporary political landscape."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[5]</a></sup> Ahmadinejad, described as "bold" and "idiosyncratic," was heavily and publicly criticized by many Iranian factions, from the reformists to the conservatives, who found him toxic and insufferable as well as a national embarrassment. Ahmadinejad believed himself untouchable because of a divided opposition. The only person who could do anything was Khamenei, who was reluctant to get into public spats with his own president. His early inaction caused a mini-political crisis among the regime's elite because they were desperate to slap Ahmadinejad down. Still, Khamenei never liked appearing like he was overly meddling in affairs despite his vast power as Supreme Leader. His early reluctance to act only served to make Ahmadinejad stronger.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Feud_with_the_Supreme_Leader">Feud with the Supreme Leader</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Feud with the Supreme Leader">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Ahmadinejad would call his opponents "traitors," often replaced critics with loyalists, and marginalized clerical rule in favor of nationalism and populist religious fervor.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a></sup> Ahmadinejad stacked the government with Revolutionary Guards, got into public spats with the Supreme Leader, actively tried to upstage Khamenei and had to be escorted away by his own bodyguards,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a></sup> and even fired a minister that Khamenei supported (and unilaterally reinstated as a minister).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a></sup> Things got so bad that there was talk of <i>impeaching</i> Ahmadinejad because disobeying and criticizing the Supreme Leader is constitutionally forbidden. In fact, Ahmadinejad made a habit of publicly criticizing government agencies, security apparatchiks, and intelligence officers, including the Revolutionary Guards of corruption, conspiracy, and smuggling of illicit goods. The Guards were divided between those loyal to Khamenei, those who supported Khatami, and those who supported Ahmadinejad, which is why he could get away with such remarks.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a></sup> </p><p>Khamenei was so frustrated with President Ahmadinejad that he suggested abolishing the presidency and restoring the prime minister, who would be appointed by Khamenei. This proposal prompted stronger than usual criticisms from even Rafsanjani, who said the proposal "strongly undermines the ideal of an Islamic republic, in which the people elect their leaders."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a></sup> This public power struggle lasted for months, and it took Khamenei finally meddling in government to stop the bleeding before things broke apart for the regime's elites.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a></sup> Ahmadinejad turning into a "real power" was "unacceptable" to both Khamenei and the Revolutionary Guards, who took the unusual step of publicly criticizing Ahmadinejad throughout his second term.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a></sup> Mercifully, Ahmadinejad lost the power struggle, and now he's been so marginalized that he barely even registers in the Iranian public consciousness. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Going_down_the_slippery_slope">Going down the slippery slope</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Going down the slippery slope">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>We've never been anti-Semitic, but anti-<a href="/wiki/Zionism" title="Zionism">Zionist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a></sup></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>The existence of the Zionist regime is an insult to all humanity.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a></sup></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Of course, some governments and their people always hated the Jews because of the ugly conduct of some of them... If the Holocaust that you talk about was real, why don’t you allow the subject to be studied? One can freely research any issue, except for this issue, which is sealed. It is a black box, which they do not allow to be opened or reexamined. They do this in order to exploit it.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a></sup></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Beliefs">Beliefs</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Beliefs">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Although Ahmadinejad has <a href="/wiki/Denial" class="mw-redirect" title="Denial">denied</a> accusations of <a href="/wiki/Antisemitism" title="Antisemitism">antisemitism</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[19]</a></sup> he regularly spouts antisemitic <a href="/wiki/Canard" title="Canard">canards</a> such as his invocations of an <a href="/wiki/International_Jewish_conspiracy" title="International Jewish conspiracy">international Jewish conspiracy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Holocaust_denial" title="Holocaust denial">denial of the Holocaust</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a></sup> He has also endorsed <a href="/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories" class="mw-redirect" title="9/11 conspiracy theories">9/11 conspiracy theories</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a></sup> Though Ahmadinejad has not directly implicated Jews, a common anti-Semitic <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">conspiracy theory</a> is that <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Mossad</a> launched the attacks in order to provoke US military action in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>. However, claims that Ahmadinejad has called for <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> to be "wiped off the map" are based on sloppy translations (but don't tell his official English language website that).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a></sup> "Marg Bar Israel", however, a thing that almost all Iranian leaders of any level have said openly and publicly on numerous occasions, is agreed to mean "death to Israel" among almost all speakers of Persian. </p><p>Ahmadinejad's antisemitism has also led to rumors that he is secretly of Jewish descent. This is, however, <a href="/wiki/Bullshit" title="Bullshit">bullshit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a></sup> </p><p>His antisemitism was so extreme, even leaders like <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a> disavowed him for his views.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a></sup> </p><p>He could well be considered the Islamic equivalent of ex-president <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">Bush</a>, as he too has a fanatical obsession with <a href="/wiki/Armageddon" title="Armageddon">Armageddon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Recession">piss-poor economic management</a>. He eagerly awaits the <a href="/wiki/Second_Coming" title="Second Coming">return</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Imam_Mahdi" title="Imam Mahdi">Imam Mahdi</a>, essentially the Islamic equivalent of the <a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">messiah</a>, going so far as to spend $17 million of government money on a mosque. There are parallels between Ahmadinejad's policies and Bush's support for <a href="/wiki/Faith-based_initiative" title="Faith-based initiative">faith based outreaches</a>, as well as Bush's belief in the imminent return of a <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Certain Someone</a>. </p><p>He became even more famous for making the bizarre claim that: "In Iran we don't have <a href="/wiki/Homosexuals" class="mw-redirect" title="Homosexuals">homosexuals</a> like in your country. In Iran we do not have this phenomenon."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[27]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[note 2]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Homophobes" class="mw-redirect" title="Homophobes">Some people</a> have tried to <a href="/wiki/Rationalization" title="Rationalization">rationalize</a> this by saying that he was not denying that homosexual <i>activity</i> occurs in Iran, but that homosexuality is not part of one's <i>identity</i> as it is in the U.S. However, Ahmadinejad's <a href="/wiki/Media" title="Media">media</a> adviser later provided an explanation of the statement that contradicts this interpretation.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[28]</a></sup> In layman's terms, in Iran, homosexuals get the <a href="/wiki/Death_penalty" class="mw-redirect" title="Death penalty">death penalty</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[note 3]</a></sup> due to the <a href="/wiki/Theocracy" title="Theocracy">fundamentalist religion</a> of that state. </p><p>He has used the <a href="/wiki/N-word" class="mw-redirect" title="N-word">N-word</a> whilst describing <a href="/wiki/George_Floyd" class="mw-redirect" title="George Floyd">George Floyd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[29]</a></sup> </p><p>Ahmadinejad’s antisemitism has long been part of his views and tactics as a fascist. However, outlets have also label him as a right wing populist not unlike those of Europe and America.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[30]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_career">Political career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Political career">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Ahmadinejad was elected in 2005 as a first-time candidate. He ran on an <a href="/wiki/Ameriphobia" title="Ameriphobia">anti-American</a> platform and emphasized Iranian <a href="/wiki/Nationalism" title="Nationalism">nationalism</a>, such as defending the country's <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear weapons">nuclear arms</a> program, expanding the nuclear program of the Islamic Republic and obstructing <a href="/wiki/UN" class="mw-redirect" title="UN">UN</a> inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities. Around this time, Khamenei and President Mohammed Khatami were looking to reconcile with the <a href="/wiki/US" class="mw-redirect" title="US">US</a>, but were spurned by <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a>. After Khatami was term-limited from running again, Khamenei decided to support the hardline Ahmadinejad as a way to stick it to the <a href="/wiki/West" class="mw-redirect" title="West">West</a>. Ultimately, he was elected with a healthy 62% of the vote; the election was widely accepted as fair, believe it or not.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[31]</a></sup> </p><p>While increasingly unpopular with the public, he maintained support from the ruling clerics, thus "winning" reelection in 2009. Although it had been anticipated that it would take some days to count the votes, the result was announced in a couple of hours. Furthermore, in some voting areas, the turnout was substantially greater than 100%. As the election was blatantly manipulated, outrage against this stolen vote led to the greatest public unrest that Iran had seen in over a decade, including violence and mass protests. He was constitutionally limited<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[note 4]</a></sup> to two terms and thus did not run for re-election in 2013, but had lost much of his power and popularity due to constant head-butting with Khamenei. </p><p>He tried to invade <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>, but Dick Cheney <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">got there first</a>. </p><p>Since being booted out of office, he has reportedly returned to his original career of teaching. (<a href="/wiki/Education" title="Education">Educators</a>, we're sorry for writing that sentence.) In 2015, Ahmadinejad informed the world that the U.S was seeking to arrest the <a href="/wiki/Hidden_Imam" class="mw-redirect" title="Hidden Imam">Hidden Imam</a> who disappeared in the 10th century (C.E.) under mysterious circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[32]</a></sup> In 2011, he was accused of running a 'deviant current' composed of politicians who shared his views, although he does not officially support any specific political party. He also wanted to run for president in 2017, but the Guardian Council told him to fuck off.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[33]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" title="Ali Khamenei">Ali Khamenei</a> - his superior</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebrahim_Raisi" title="Ebrahim Raisi">Ebrahim Raisi</a> - his later successor and fellow Islamofascist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hosseini" title="Mohammad Hosseini">Mohammad Hosseini</a> - another Islamofascist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> - His American counterpart, including persistent allegations and circumstantial evidence of election theft (Bush's brother was governor of the same state that purged over 50k African American voters before the fateful election).</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>i.e.</i>, he had none.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Apparently, then, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBT_people_from_Iran">these people</a> are not real.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-31">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">This is not <i>technically</i> true in most cases; gay men are given the option of <a href="/wiki/Transsexuality" class="mw-redirect" title="Transsexuality">undergoing gender reassignment</a> or death. Most choose reassignment.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-35">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Yes, Iran has a <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">constitution</a>, and even obeys selected parts of it. They are particularly fond of the part that basically says "The religious leaders call the shots".</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dw.com/en/nirumand-the-revolutionary-guards-are-irans-true-rulers/a-16830755">"Nirumand: The Revolutionary Guards are Iran's true rulers," Bahman Nirumand, DW</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-10743580">"Expanding business empire of Iran's Revolutionary Guards," Mark Gregory, BBC</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/world/middleeast/23iran.html">"A Divine Wind Blows Against Iran’s President," Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/presidential-power-iran">"Presidential Power in Iran," Council on Foreign Relations</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/asia-pacific/20110507-ahmadinejad-faces-threat-presidency-clash-khamenei">"Ahmadinejad faces threat to presidency in clash with Khamenei," RFI</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1210/p04s01-wome.html">"In Iran, Ahmadinejad's bold gambits boost presidential power," Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2011/7/6/iran-ahmadinejad-vs-khamenei">"Iran: Ahmadinejad vs Khamenei," Geneive Abdo, Al Jazeera</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-14058245">"Ahmadinejad in 'fight' with Supreme leader," James Reynolds, BBC</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/06/iran-supreme-leader-ahmadinejad-minister">"Iran's supreme leader tells Ahmadinejad: accept minister or quit," Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rand.org/blog/2011/07/ahmadinejad-vs_-the-revolutionary-guards.html">"Ahmadinejad vs. the Revolutionary Guards," Alireza Nader, Rand.org</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2017/apr/19/latest-race-khamenei-vs-ahmadinejad">"The Race: Khamenei vs Ahmadinejad," Garrett Nada, Iran Primer</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/irans-supreme-leader-floats-proposal-to-abolish-presidency/2011/10/25/gIQAsOUKGM_story.html">"Iran’s supreme leader floats proposal to abolish presidency," Thomas Erdbrink, Washington Post</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iranian-leader-rebuffs-ahmadinejad-over-officials-dismissal/2011/04/20/AFwFttDE_story.html">"Iranian leader rebuffs Ahmadinejad over official’s dismissal," Thomas Erdbrink, Washington Post</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/06/ahmadinejad-isolated-by-battle-with-irans-supreme-leader/240098/">"Ahmadinejad Isolated by Battle With Iran's Supreme Leader," Golnaz Esfandiari and Kourosh Rahimkhani, The Atlantic</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rferl.org/a/Irans_Powerful_Revolutionary_Guards_Slam_Ahmadinejad_Over_Comments/2208758.html">"In Unusual Move, Iran's Revolutionary Guards Slam Ahmadinejad Over Comments," Golnaz Esfandiari, RFERL</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3958309,00.html">http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3958309,00.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/17/iran-israel-zionist-insult-humanity">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/17/iran-israel-zionist-insult-humanity</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/2247.htm">http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/2247.htm</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5368458.stm">Iranian leader 'not antisemite'</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/wiki/ADL" class="mw-redirect" title="ADL">ADL</a>'s <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adl.org/main_International_Affairs/ahmadinejad_words.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHeading_8">collection of his greatest hits.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g3_pRt7XUWThaEmE4cpP7XEgWeyw">US, France, walk out during Ahmadinejad's UN speech</a>, AFP</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.juancole.com/2009/09/ahmadinejad-spews-raving-lunatic-anti.html">Ahmadinejad Spews Raving Lunatic Antisemitism on 'Jerusalem Day'</a>, Juan Cole</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/09/us-delegation-walks-out-of-ahmadinejad-speech.html#tp">US Delegation Walks Out of Ahmadinejad Speech,</a> ABC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.juancole.com/2006/05/hitchens-hacker-and-hitchens.html">Hitchens, Hacker, and Hitchens</a>, Juan Cole</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/05/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-jewish-family">Ahmadinejad has no Jewish roots</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/08/fidel-castro-criticises-mahmoud-ahmedinejad">Fidel Castro accuses Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of antisemitism</a> The Guardian</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2007/09/2008525123643244576.html">No Homosexuals in Iran!</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-30">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301043,00.html">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301043,00.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-32">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nypost.com/2020/06/01/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-uses-n-word-in-tweet-about-george-floyd/">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad uses N-word in tweet about George Floyd’s death</a>, <i>New York Post</i>, 1 June 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-33">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rferl.org/amp/1059429.html">Iran: Mahmud Ahmadinejad -- Fascist, Or Man Of The People?</a> RadioFreeEuropeRadioLiberty</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-34">↑</a></span> 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