A handout picture released by the official website of Iran's presidency office shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to Natanz uranium enrichment facilities some 300 kms, south of the capital Tehran on April 8, 2008. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad annonced today that Iran is starting work to install 6,000 new uranium-enriching centrifuges at its nuclear plant in Natanz. Getty Images logo Getty Images 15 months ago

A handout picture released by the official website of Iran's presidency office shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to Natanz uranium enrichment facilities some 300 kms, south of the capital Tehran on April 8, 2008. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad annonced today that Iran is starting work to install 6,000 new uranium-enriching centrifuges at its nuclear plant in Natanz.

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  1. An Iranian man, with pictures of the Islamic republic's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei fixed on his head, attends a rally to celebrate his victory in the presidential elections in Tehran's Valiasr square on June 14, 2009. Ahmadinejad defended his June 12 re-election but his defeated rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi, demanded the result be scrapped, setting the stage for further tense confrontations after the authorities cracked down on opposition protests.
  2. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center in background, seen during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2009. Protesters set fires and smashed store windows Sunday in a second day of violence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election tried to keep pressure on authorities that have responded with anti-riot squads and blackouts of Web networks used to rally the pro-reform campaign. Ahmadinejad dismissed the unrest the worst in the decade in Tehran as "not important" and insisted the results showing his landslide victory on Friday were fair and legitimate. A huge rally in his support was organized even as clashes flared around the capital.
  3. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seen, during a news conference, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2009. Protesters set fires and smashed store windows Sunday in a second day of violence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election tried to keep pressure on authorities that have responded with anti-riot squads and blackouts of Web networks used to rally the pro-reform campaign. Ahmadinejad dismissed the unrest the worst in the decade in Tehran as "not important" and insisted the results showing his landslide victory on Friday were fair and legitimate. A huge rally in his support was organized even as clashes flared around the capital.
  4. Former Iranian parliament speaker and reformist presidential candidate, Mehdi Karroubi (L) and Iranian hardline president and presidential candidate, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) prepare for their live debate on state TV in Tehran on late June 6, 2009. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad clashed with reformist rival Mehdi Karroubi in a televised debate Saturday, defending his controversial economic policies and questioning the cleric's integrity. Karroubi himself accused Ahmadinejad of dishonesty after the incumbent president painted a picture of the economy the cleric said was unreal.
  5. In this photo released by Islamic Republic of Iranian Broadcasting, Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, is seen before a TV debate with the main pro-reform candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday June, 3, 2009. Mousavi accused Ahmadinejad of driving Iran toward "dictatorship" and hurting its standing in the world by questioning the Holocaust, during a rare and unprecedentedly raucous election debate Wednesday.
  6. Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, greets his supporters after attending a TV debate with main pro-reform candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday, June, 3, 2009. Mousavi accused Ahmadinejad of driving Iran toward "dictatorship" and hurting its standing in the world by questioning the Holocaust, during a rare and unprecedentedly raucous election debate Wednesday.
  7. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives to hold a press conference in Tehran on May 25, 2009. Ahmadinejad ruled out any talks with world powers on Tehran's nuclear drive, but said he was open to a debate with US President Barack Obama.
  8. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives for a news conference in Tehran May 25, 2009. Ahmadinejad on Monday rejected a Western proposal for it to "freeze" its nuclear work in return for no new sanctions and ruled out any talks with major powers on the issue.
  9. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives to hold a press conference in Tehran on May 25, 2009. Ahmadinejad ruled out any talks with world powers on Tehran's nuclear drive, but said he was open to a debate with US President Barack Obama.
  10. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) greets Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai before the start of a trilateral summit in Tehran May 24, 2009. The presidents of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan began talks in Tehran on Sunday on ways to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and other regional security problems.
  11. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, welcomes his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, as he arrives to attend a regional summit meeting with officials from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 24, 2009.
  12. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, waves to the media as he arrives to attend a regional summit meeting with officials from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, being held in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 24, 2009.
  13. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, welcomes his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai,as he arrives to attend a summit meeting with Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan officials, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 24, 2009.
  14. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) greets Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari before the start of a trilateral summit in Tehran May 24, 2009. The presidents of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan began talks in Tehran on Sunday on ways to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and other regional security problems.
  15. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) greets Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari before the start of a trilateral summit in Tehran May 24, 2009. The presidents of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan began talks in Tehran on Sunday on ways to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and other regional security problems.
  16. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) greets Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai before the start of a trilateral summit in Tehran May 24, 2009. The presidents of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan began talks in Tehran on Sunday on ways to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and other regional security problems.

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