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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Article published on the 2009-06-11 Latest update 2009-06-12 12:21 TU
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, incumbent Iranian president
(Photo: Reuters)
• Current president (since 2005)
• Supports a nuclear programme for what he calls “peaceful” purposes
• Wants a stronger voice for Palestinians
• Has made comments interpreted by some to be anti-Semitic and Holocaust-denying
• Believes in an economic “middle-of-the-road” between capitalism and socialism of the 1979 Revolution
