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s oft-expressed desire to see Zionism wiped off the map makes it seem as though Iran has a foreign policy committed to genocide (and suicide). But Ahmadinejad's position, as recent elections in Iran reveal, is far from secure among even hardliners. Syria, Iran's closest ally, is beset by civil war; Hamas,
e entire world, and countries that remain silent and indifferent and ignore or tolerate the massacre in Syria," he told deputies of his Justice and Development Party in parliament. "I am also addressing international organizations, which cannot produce solutions to this crisis and which encourage its continuati
ran to distract attention from the fact that Israel continues to occupy Palestinian land. The unwise rhetoric employed by former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about the Holocaust and Israel armed Israeli hardliners with the perfect excuse to encourage "the most crippling economic sanctions" on Iran, which
president keeping the party leadership position even after being elected, hinting that he did not want to leave the chair of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) to a successor, even if that successor is his long time fellow Gill. He was hinting at a referendum for the kind of system that could le
nd, but sources say he is determined to go — will Mr. Ban then stand up and object? To his credit, Mr. Ban has in the past forcefully lectured Mr. Ahmadinejad about adhering to Security Council resolutions. EFTA_R1_00298517 EFTA01884036 But if he does so again, will Iran or anyone in the Non-aligned Mo
she says. "We can only achieve these reforms with EFTA_R1_00298542 EFTA01884061 the EU." In fact, Erdogan's conservative-religious Justice and Development Party (AKP) has used the EU accession process to transform Turkey into a more democratic and just country. But more recently, and particularly after the
Entities connected to both Ahmadinejad and Development Party

Barack Obama
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Tehran
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Lebanon
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United States
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George W. Bush
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Bashar al-Assad
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Damascus
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Hosni Mubarak
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Bill Clinton
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Cairo
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Middle East
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Fatah
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Hillary Clinton
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Tunisia
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Samantha Power
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Mahmoud Abbas
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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