AHMADINEJAD'S FIRST DAY AS THE NEW IRANIAN PRESIDENTMahmoud Ahmadinejad on his first day as the new Iranian President has to face mounting international pressure on the nuclear issue in his country. The 48 year-old extremist politician easily won the presidential election in June and was appointed as the new President by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Ahmadinejad was suspected of taking part in the attack of the US Embassy in Teheran in '79. He was recognized by some of the victims from the United States.
The USA is now accusing Iran of trying to estabilish a nuclear program in order to be able to make atomic bombs. Teheran says it intends a peaceful use of every nuclear activity. The ex-President Umar Karami successfully convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin to join their coalition and Moscow became an ally of Iran on the issue.
According to al-Jazeera, the reason why Ahmadinejad won the past presidential election is because he conviced the voters that he is a honest Muslim who cares about the economic problems of the people.
Having an anti-US President in Iran will be problematic and he probablywon't do anything to change the situation. Moreover, he already said that his country is strong enough even without any help from Washington.
Iranian diplomats and far right groups said the new president will probably not change his attitude toward the rest of the world, as Katmai did not.
A diplomat commented, "I ask if Iran could possibly be more hardline on nuclear policy than it is at the moment," and "the resumption of these nuclear activities seems to show that there will be continuity in policy."
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