Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the current president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the former mayor of Tehran. Since coming to power, on a campaign based on stamping out corruption, in 2005, he has pursued an agenda defined by support of Islamic fundamentalism, strong anti-Americanism, and anti-Zionism. Under Ahmadinejad's rule Iran has put a large amount of efffort into producing nuclear technology, possibly for nuclear weapons, although Iran has not yet been succesful in this endeavor.

Ahmadinajed's foreign policies have been criticismed by many within his country and governement, who think he is too extreme and will cause their country to be attack by the United States.

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has often compared Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Adolf Hitler.