Middle East
Iran rejects nuclear trigger claim
IRAN Proposed education minister accused of making up his degrees
Did President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's nominee as head of the nation's higher education system fake his university degrees? According to an investigation by a reformist website, Mowjcamp.com, Kamran Daneshjoo, Ahmadinejad's proposed minister of higher education, has lied about his academic credentials by claiming that he obtained British university degrees.
Ahmadinejad Urges Prosecution of Political Rivals
Ahmadinejad won. Get over it
Without any evidence, many U.S. politicians and Iran experts have dismissed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s reelection Friday, with 62.6 percent of the vote, as fraud. They ignore the fact that Ahmadinejad s 62.6 percent of the vote in this year s election is essentially the same as the 61.69 percent he received in the final count of the 2005 presidential election, when he trounced former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The shock of the Iran experts over Friday s results is entirely self-generated, based on their preferred assumptions and wishful thinking.
The Leaders of Iran’s ‘Election Coup’
The rigged presidential election in Iran -- a coup d'etat, according to Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a spokesman for the main reformist challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, and other analysts -- has prompted protests both inside and outside Iran. There is, however, little understanding about the ideology and motivation behind the operation.
Iranian Presidential Debate
Iran President and Challenger Clash in Debate
A moderate politician who is considered the strongest challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran accused him on live television on Wednesday of undermining the nation s interest by constantly questioning the Holocaust and by engaging in an adventurist foreign policy. The sharp attacks by the candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, came during a fierce 90-minute debate with Mr. Ahmadinejad that was broadcast throughout Iran. The two candidates clashed repeatedly during the one-on-one debate, with each accusing the other of radicalism and undercutting the country s interest.