Ex-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Arrested For Inciting Unrest Against The Government

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad looks on as he attends the 25th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran February 8, 2012. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

Times of Israel: Report: Ex-Iranian president Ahmadinejad arrested for inciting unrest

According to Arab paper, former leader's comments against Rouhani government amid rallies have led authorities to seek to place him under house arrest.

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested by authorities for allegedly inciting unrest against the government, the London-based daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported Saturday, citing “reliable sources in Tehran.”

The newspaper said that Ahmadinejad, during a visit to the western city of Bushehr on December 28, said, “Some of the current leaders live detached from the problems and concerns of the people, and do not know anything about the reality of society.”

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Update #1: Ahmadinejad arrested for allegedly inciting anti-government protests: report -- i24 News
Update #2: Who Is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Former Iran Leader Arrested For Speech, Report Says -- IBTimes

WNU Editor: Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had a falling-out a while back .... Iran's supreme leader lashes out at Ahmadinejad (Al-Monitor). Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is also not a fan of President Rouhani.

Ex-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wants To Be President Again

Reuters: Iran's Ahmadinejad defies supreme leader to attempt comeback

Hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad surprised Iran's clerical establishment by registering for the May 19 presidential election, defying the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader's warning not to enter the race.

Vilified in the West for his barbs against America and Israel and questioning of the Holocaust, the blacksmith's son Ahmadinejad has upset predictions before by stealing the show in 2005 when he defeated powerful former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in a run-off vote.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei revealed last year that he had recommended to Ahmadinejad not to enter the contest. But after his registration on Wednesday, Ahmadinejad told journalists that Khamenei's recommendation was "just advice", Iranian media reported.

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More News On Ex-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wanting To Be President Again

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Why it matters: Ahmadinejad filing for Iran's presidency -- AP
Five of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Weirdest Conspiracy Theories -- Newsweek

Iran's President: How Can The U.S. Stay As A World Power With Massive Deficits?

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Iran: How Long Can Debt-Laden US Remain World Power? -- Jerusalem Post

Ahmadinejad says US influence in world affairs waning due to massive debt and loss of legitimacy, adds West increasingly questioning legitimacy of "Zionist regime," hints EU hurt more by sanctions than Iran.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted the impending downfall of the "US empire," blaming the collapse on a combination of the country's massive debt and its loss of legitimacy within the international community, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported Thursday.

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My Comment: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is making a valid (and troublesome for the West) point..

An Interview With Iran`s President

 

Iran's President Ranges Far In Interview: Talks Israel, Slams Homosexuality -- CNN 

New York (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made clear what he meant when he said Israel should be "wiped off" the map and touched on everything from the Holocaust to homosexuality in a wide-ranging interview airing Monday on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight." The president, speaking through a translator, also said what his country would do if attacked by Israel, and he slammed an anti-Islam film that has triggered protests in the Muslim world. "If a group comes and occupies the United States of America, destroys homes while women and children are in those homes, incarcerate the youth of America, impose five different wars on many neighbors, and always threaten others, what would you do? What would you say? Would you help it? ... Or would you help the people of the United States?" Ahmadinejad asked in response to whether Israel should be "wiped off" the face of the map, as he once said.

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My Comment: Same old speech and talking points from the Iranian president .... who is also a `lame duck` President.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Plans To Retire From Politics In 2013

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Ahmadinejad: I Will Retire From Politics In 2013 -- Jerusalem Post

Iranian president tells German newspaper that "8 years is enough," he will quit when 2nd term ends and return to academia.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to retire from politics when his second term ends next year, AFP quoted him as saying on Saturday in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, scheduled to be published on Sunday.

“Eight years is enough,” Ahmadinejad, 55, told the German paper.

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My Comment: This will not change Iranian policy one bit. The real power has always been in the hands of the mullahs .... and they have no interest in retiring.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad May Be Forced To Resign Due To Corruption

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

How The Demise Of A Trusted Adviser Could Bring Down Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- The Independent

Iran's President has survived mass uprisings, but a corruption row engulfing his inner circle may soon be his undoing. Robert Fisk reports from Tehran.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's irascible, unpredictable but devout president, may be forced to resign in the coming weeks as a political crisis far greater than the massive street violence which followed his re-election in 2009 threatens to overwhelm him and his court favorites in the government.

The overweening influence of his close friend and confidant Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaee, the president's chief of staff – who is blamed for the firing of two intelligence ministers and for infuriating even the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei – is expected to bring down Ahmadinejad in one of the most spectacular putsches in the history of the Islamic Republic.

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My Comment: Good riddance I say .... but he is just one of many in a system that has become incredibly extreme AND corrupt.

Iran Threatens U.S. War 'Without Boundaries'

President Ahmedinejad Threatens U.S. With War 'Without Boundaries' -- ABC News

Iranian President Says Country Will Defend Its Nuclear Facilities.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad warned the Obama administration today that if Iran's nuclear facilities are attacked, the U.S. will face a war that "would know no boundaries."

The Iranian president, who is in New York for the annual meetings of the United Nations General Assembly, spoke at a breakfast meeting with reporters and editors at Manhattan's Warwick Hotel.

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More News On Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Speech At The United Nations

'No limits' to war with US: Iran leader -- AFP
Ahmadinejad says capitalism faces defeat -- AP
Ahmadinejad says in U.N. address that capitalism is dying -- Reuters
Ahmadinejad blames capitalism for global woes -- CNN
Ahmadinejad Tells UN World's Problems Caused by Capitalism, Corporations -- Bloomberg
Iranian President Defends Record -- New York Times
Ahmadinejad: Iran will never recognize 'Zionist regime' -- Jerusalem Post
Canadian diplomats walk out of UN speech by Iran -- CTV

My Comment: What was interesting about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's UN speech was not the speech .... but that the US delegation remained seated during the entire monologue.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Speaks Out

Ahmadinejad Wants Release of Iranians Held In U.S. -- New York Times

One of the three American hikers held in Iran for 13 months on spying charges arrived in the United States on Sunday as the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said that the United States, as “a humanitarian gesture,” should now release eight Iranians whom he said were illegally arrested.

The released hiker, Sarah Shourd, 32, along with her mother, Nora, and an uncle, arrived at dawn at Dulles International Airport near Washington.

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More News On Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran urges US to free detainees after hiker released -- BBC
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: 'We're not making a nuclear bomb' -- The Telegraph
Ahmadinejad Says He's Ready to Discuss Nuclear Issue With U.S. -- Bloomberg
Iranian president ready to discuss issues with U.S. "under fair conditions" -- Xinhuanet
Ahmadinejad: Iran becoming only world power besides US -- M&C
Future is Iran's, says Ahmadinejad -- Press Association
UN chief meets with Iranian president on Mideast situation -- Xinhuanet
Ahmadinejad: Sanctions against Iran ‘meaningless’ -- Jerusalem Post
ANALYSIS-Iran's Ahmadinejad ahead in political in-fighting -- Reuters
Iranian president disparages peace talks -- Washington Post

Iran Is Not A Unified Government Nor Nation

Iranian Cleric Blasts Ahmadinejad -- Jerusalem Post

An Iranian cleric accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of betraying the people and called on reformers to unite to defeat him in next year's elections, according to an interview in a German newspaper quoted by Reuters, Wednesday.

"Ahmadinejad is not complying with the will of the people," The Financial Times Deutschland quoted Grand Ayatollah Bajat Sanjani as saying. "This is a major threat, a big danger," the cleric added in an unusually direct personal attack.

The newspaper also said Sanjani accused Ahmadinejad's government of breaking the law, seriously violating personal freedom and illegally empowering the Revolutionary Guard.

Ahmadinejad is expected to run for a second term in Iran's next presidential election, slated to take place early in 2009. His reformist rivals are expected to attack him especially on his economic policies.

Iran suffers from a rising consumer price index, high percentage of unemployment and an inflation of 26 percent.

Charlie Rose - An Hour With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad