Populism

...nuclear program and support for terrorism. Mr. Ahmadinejad, 49, a former mayor of Tehran, offered a message of economic populism and, implicitly, a rebuke to the Iranian political establishment. That apparently won him a landslide victory...

In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, U.N. Security Council, U.N., Islamic, Non-Proliferation Treaty, and Ali Khamenei

...roots in the Revolutionary Guards. He is doing it again. Whether Ahmadinejad runs the Iranian economy into the ground through populism and over-spending remains to be seen. He may also open the doors to new corruption by a different set...

In this article: Barack Obama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hashemi Rafsanjani, Democracy, Najaf, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, The White House, and Ali Khamenei

...the yearning for piety. Ahmadinejad's message of populism at home and defiance abroad, his assertion that the country's nuclear quest is a "closed file," settled and beyond discussion, have a resonance on Iranian soil. His challenger, Mir...

In this article: Barack Obama, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Jimmy Carter, Islam, Cairo, George W. Bush, Fouad Ajami, and United States

...(IRGC). Promoting Ahmadinejad's right-wing populism, the supreme leader implicitly endorsed Ahmadinejad for president, urging voters to elect a president who lives in "a simple and modest way" -- clear code for the incumbent. * Ayatollah...

In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Khamenei, Basij, Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and Abbas Milani

...than Iran's hard-line president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The pragmatists also worry about the populism of Ahmadinejad and his backers that includes calls to redistribute wealth within Iran. Rafsanjani is a multimillionaire, and much recent...

In this article: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Larijani, Islamic, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, United States, Middle East, and Tehran

Ahmadinejad: Iran's Sarah Palin? An Iranian Joe Six-pack who intertwines religion and populism and infuriates urban elites -- think Ayatollah Khomeini meets Sarah Palin -- Ahmadinejad's supporters are the Iranian equivalent of American...

In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Iran, and Ayatollah Khomeini

...poor. He sat before a banner reading "A cabinet of 70 million," the campaign slogan that, by referencing Iran's total population, evoked both populism and the corruption often associated with the selection of government ministers.

In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Iran, Tehran, Mohammad Khatami, United States, Islamic, and Revenue

Analysts say the election will hinge on bread-and-butter economic issues and might be more hotly contested and unpredictable than any in Iranian history, in part because Ahmadinejad's populism has changed Iran's political landscape.

In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Inflation, E-mail, Tehran, Unemployment, and Press TV

...far beyond Ahmadinejad's control or comprehension. His religious populism and ludicrous claims to divine dispensations is a cruel joke on signs and symbols people hold sacred. The next loser was Mousavi's poorly run presidential...

In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Khamenei, Iran, Islamic, Hassan Nasrallah, Democracy, US Congress, and Tehran