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Ahmadinejad taunts Israel from border with Lebanon (AP)

October 14th, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, gestures to the crowds, with Hezbollah's commander in south Lebanon Sheik Nabil Kaouk, at right, during a rally organized by Hezbollah in the southern border town of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, on Thursday Oct. 14, 2010. Thousands of Hezbollah supporters jammed a stadium in southern Lebanon Thursday ahead of a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that will take him to within a couple miles of the Israeli border â?? a trip that the U.S. and Israel have called intentionally provocative. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad taunted archenemy Israel Thursday from just across the tense border in southern Lebanon where he rallied tens of thousands of supporters of ally Hezbollah…

Ahmadinejad comes to Israel’s doorstep in Lebanon (AP)

October 14th, 2010

With the Lebanese village of Maroun el-Rass in the background, blue and white balloons, representing the colors of the Israeli flag are held by a Jewish Israeli man during a right-wing protest against a planned visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to southern Lebanon, in Avivim, northern Israel, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. Hezbollah supporters used mosque loudspeakers Thursday to rally crowds ahead of a trip by Iran's president to southern Lebanon near the border with Israel, a visit the U.S. and Israel have called intentionally provocative. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to the doorstep of his archenemy Israel Thursday, telling thousands of Hezbollah supporters in a Lebanese border town he was proud of their…

Ahmadinejad heads to Lebanon’s border with Israel (AP)

October 14th, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the crowds from the sunroof of his SUV, upon his arrival in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Thousands of cheering Lebanese welcomed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Lebanon on Wednesday, throwing rose petals and sweets at his motorcade at the start of a visit that underscores deep divisions within this tiny Arab nation. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)AP - Hezbollah supporters rallied crowds in southern Lebanon Thursday ahead of a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that will take him to within a couple miles of the…

Ahmadinejad boosts Hezbollah with Lebanon visit (AP)

October 13th, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, waves to the crowds from the sunroof of his SUV, upon his arrival in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Ahmadinejad is making his first state visit to Lebanon at a time when tensions have mounted between Iranian-backed Hezbollah and American-backed parties. The growing crisis has raised fears over the fate of the fragile unity government that includes both sides and has managed to keep a tenuous calm in the conflict-torn nation. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)AP - Welcomed by thousands of Shiite supporters throwing rose petals, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to pull Lebanon firmly into his country’s fold Wednesday in a visit that underscored…

AP Interview: Ahmadinejad says future is Iran’s (AP)

September 19th, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is interviewed by journalists from The Associated Press, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that “the future belongs to Iran,” and challenged the United States to accept that his country has a major role in the…

Report: Castro blasts Ahmadinejad as anti-Semitic (AP)

September 7th, 2010

A woman walks past graffiti on a wall that reads AP - Fidel Castro criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes and questioned his own actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 during interviews…

Iran leader to visit Nigeria as it takes UN post (AP)

July 1st, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he sits at the start of his press conference at the presidency, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 28, 2010. Ahmadinejad said Iran will postpone any talks with the West over its nuclear program until late August to 'punish' world powers for imposing tougher sanctions against Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Nigeria this weekend as the West African nation assumes the rotating presidency of the United Nations’ security council, an Iranian diplomat said…

Iran leader in China after about-face on sanctions (AP)

June 11th, 2010

The members of the U.N. Security Council vote on sanctions against Iran during a session Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The sanctions would ban Iran from pursuing 'any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons,' bar Iranian investment in activities such as uranium mining and prohibit Iran from buying several categories of heavy weapons including attack helicopters and missiles. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was visiting Shanghai to tour the World Expo and was expected to speak later Friday, two days after host China yielded to international pressure to…

Iran center stage at nuclear treaty conference (AP)

May 4th, 2010

Interactive graphic on the nuclear process from the extraction of uranium to the creation of a nuclear bomb as US President Barack Obama hosts a summit aimed at keeping atomic weapons out of terrorist hands.(AFP iactiv)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seized center stage at the opening of a monthlong debate at the United Nations on how to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. But…

Iran, US take their nuclear cases to UN stage (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

The motorcade carrying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad drives past the American Mission to the United Nations on it's way to a Midtown hotel, Sunday, May 2, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brings his nuclear case to New York on Monday, turning a U.N. treaty conference into a stage for Tehran’s long-running showdown with the Western…