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French daily: Iran’s Ahmadinejad was key US embassy hostage-taker

Iran Focus: Paris, Jun. 29 – A principal French daily reported that newly-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in charge of security at the...

Iran website trumpets “French retreat” over nuclear program

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 29 – Comments by French Foreign Minister Philippe Doust-Blazy on Iran’s nuclear program have been greeted with joy by...

Veteran UK journalist: Iran’s Ahmadinejad was 1979 hostage-taker

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 29 – A veteran British journalist said that he had interviewed the newly-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad back in 1979,...

Iran official cancels Rome visit over “rigged election” charges

Iran Focus: Rome, Jun. 29 – Iran reacted sharply to Italian government’s criticism of the recent presidential elections and cancelled a visit to Rome...

AP Photo shows Iran’s Ahmadinejad as 1979 US hostage-taker

Iran Focus: London, UK, Jun. 29 - Iran Focus has learnt that the photograph of Iran’s newly-elected president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, holding the arm of...

AP Photo shows Iran’s new President as 1979 US hostage-taker

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 29 - Iran Focus has learnt that the photograph of Iran’s newly-elected president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, holding the arm of a...

Iran’s Ahmadinejad refutes aide’s “soft” comments

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 – Hours after an aide to Iran's president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a German-based Iranian satellite television channel...

Exclusive: Photo shows Iran’s Ahmadinejad as hostage-taker of US diplomats

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 29 – Iran Focus has obtained a photograph of Iran’s newly-elected president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, holding the arm of a blindfolded...

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