G8 leaders condemn Iranian President Ahmadinejad

September 23rd, 2009 Green-clad group protests Ahmadinejad near UNNEW YORK — Hundreds of people have gathered near the United Nations to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) as he prepares to address the UN. The protesters claim that his June election victory was fraudulent and showed up Wednesday wearing green.

September 22nd, 2009 AP interview: Iranian backs off Holocaust denialNEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) is muting his remarks on the Holocaust, an event he has frequently questioned as a matter of historical fact. In an Associated Press interview shortly after arriving in the United States, the Iranian leader did not repeat those outright denials.

September 22nd, 2009 Ahmadinejad tells AP he regrets protester deathsNEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he regrets the deaths of protesters in the violence that followed his country's disputed presidential elections. But he denied that his government had any role in the killings.

August 5th, 2009 Iran's parliament holds Ahmadinejad inaugurationTEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian parliament is inaugurating Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term as president. Parliament speaker Ali Larijani opened the ceremony, after a cleric recited verses from the Quran.

August 5th, 2009 Gibbs backs off statement on Iranian electionABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — White House spokesman Robert Gibbs has retreated from his statement that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is "the elected leader" of the Islamic republic. Gibbs had been asked on Tuesday whether the White House recognized Ahmadinejad as the country's legitimate president.

August 4th, 2009 Gibbs: Ahmadinejad 'elected leader' of IranWASHINGTON — White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is "the elected leader" of the Islamic republic. Gibbs was asked Tuesday if the White House recognized Ahmadinejad as the country's legitimate president.

August 3rd, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has endorsed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his second term in office, a media report said Monday. Ahmadinejad was declared the victor of the June 12 election with almost two-thirds of the votes, Press TV reported.

August 3rd, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has endorsed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his second term in office, amid protests by opposition parties over alleged irregularities in the June 12 presidential elections, a media report said Monday. Ahmadinejad won the election with almost two-thirds of the vote, Iran's election commission said.

July 15th, 2009 MOSCOW - A Muslim couple from Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg has named their child after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Tatar community website reported.

June 26th, 2009 TEHRAN - A senior Iranian cleric called on the judiciary Friday to impose death sentences on the leaders of the recent protests against an alleged fraud in the June 12 presidential election. "I call on the judiciary for a decisive confrontation with the leaders of these illegal demonstrations and ask for capital punishment against them without any mercy," Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, who is close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said at Friday prayers.

June 26th, 2009 Obama: US, Germany condemn Iranian behaviorWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday the United States and Germany share "one voice" in condemning the Iranian effort to crush dissent. He said Iran's leaders cannot hide the "outrageous" behavior of clamping down violently on their people.

June 26th, 2009 Obama: Germany, US united on IranWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday the United States and Germany share "one voice" in condemning the Iranian effort to crush dissent. He said Iran's leaders cannot hide the "outrageous" behavior of clamping down violently on their people.

June 25th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday called on his US counterpart Barack Obama not to interfere in Iran's internal affairs following unrest over alleged election fraud, the state-run Fars news agency reported. The news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying that Obama should stop interfering and indirectly demanded an apology from the US president for meddling.

June 15th, 2009 Iranian president to visit Russia TuesdayMOSCOW — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad postponed a planned Russia visit by one day but will make the trip Tuesday, the Iranian Embassy in Moscow said. Ahmadinejad had been expected to travel to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on Monday and meet with President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of a regional summit.

June 15th, 2009 Iranian president puts off Russia tripMOSCOW — The Iranian Embassy in Moscow says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has put off a visit to Russia, and it is unclear whether he will come at all. Ahmadinejad had been expected to travel to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg and meet on Monday with President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of a regional summit.