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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sun Jun 17, 2012, 01:21 PM Jun 2012

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Ahmadinejad: I’m Gone After 2013

By Arturo Garcia
Saturday, June 16, 2012 21:23 EDT

A German magazine is reporting that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is ready to leave politics for good.

According to The Times of Israel, Ahmadinejad told Allgemeine Zeitung Saturday that once his current term expires next year, the former mayor of Tehran and civil engineer plans to return to academia.

“Eight years is enough,” he said. “Maybe I’ll get involved politically at the university, but I’m not going to found any political party or group.”

This coming week, Iran will begin discussions regarding the country’s nuclear program with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

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Ahmadinejad: I’m Gone After 2013 (Original Post) Purveyor Jun 2012 OP

Drat! We'll have to get used to having a new Iranian leader to ridicule. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2012 #1

Oh no - Palin will have to learn how to pronounce a new leader's name? nt Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2012 #2

Iranian presidents are figureheads. The Ayatollah is Supreme Leader Motown_Johnny Jun 2012 #3

Romney will take credit for removing him. discopants Jun 2012 #4

We are going to have to learn a new name to hate. Warren Stupidity Jun 2012 #5

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)

1. Drat! We'll have to get used to having a new Iranian leader to ridicule.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 01:23 PM

Jun 2012

And make fun of his name.

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

2. Oh no - Palin will have to learn how to pronounce a new leader's name? nt

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 01:26 PM

Jun 2012

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

3. Iranian presidents are figureheads. The Ayatollah is Supreme Leader

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 01:29 PM

Jun 2012

and until Khomeini goes, nothing else really matters.

discopants

(535 posts)

4. Romney will take credit for removing him.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 01:33 PM

Jun 2012

you can count on it.

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

5. We are going to have to learn a new name to hate.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 01:48 PM

Jun 2012

Plus, in the actual scary world of the Iranian Theocracy, Ahmadinejad was a relative moderate.

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