Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Quotes


The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.


Citations

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud. Interview by Ann Curry. Dateline NBC, NBC, 17 Sept. 2009.

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Born: October 28, 1956
  • Nationality: Iranian
  • Profession: University Professor

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Persian: محمود احمدی‌نژاد‎, romanized: Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād [mæhmuːd(-e) æhmædiːneʒɒːd] (listen)), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian, is an Iranian conservative politician who served as the sixth President of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country, and served as mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005.