Content deleted Content added
m Rewording, sentence fix |
mNo edit summary |
||
Line 3:
'''Mahmoud Ahmadinejad''' (محمود احمدی‌نژاد; born [[1956]]), is the current [[President of Iran|President-elect of Iran]] and will become the president on [[August 2]], [[2005]]. He has also been the [[mayor]] of [[Tehran]] since [[2003]] and is widely considered to be a religious conservative with [[Islamist]] views.
Ahmadinejad was elected President of Iran on [[June 24]], [[2005]] in the second round of the [[Iranian presidential election, 2005|2005 presidential election]]. His rival, who had won more votes in the first round, was the influential former-president [[Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]], whom Ahmadinejad defeated with 61.69% of the vote out of the about twenty-eight million votes, a turnout of about 59.6%. This happened while Ahmadinejad had only secured 19.48% of the votes in the first round. Analysts say that Ahmadinejad's simple lifestyle and his populist views had won support especially amongst the poorer classes of people. Although Rafsanjani initially rejected the results and alleged a "dirty tricks" campaign, he later said the Iranian people should "assist" the president-elect nonetheless.
==Platform==
| |||