Timeline: The Troubled Story of Iran-US Relations

Timeline: The Troubled Story of Iran-US Relations

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Iran's Helm

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia University in 2007.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president of Iran 2005 and served until 2013. He was considered a volatile and provocative leader who routinely called for the destruction of Israel and was outwardly hostile to Saudi Arabia, Britain and the U.S.

Daniella Zalcman