mahmoud ahmadinejad

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad showing his identity document with the other hand on his heart

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The US and Israel planned to make former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — a Holocaust denier — Iran's new leader before the war began. The plan fell apart on day one when an Israeli strike meant to free Ahmadinejad from house arrest hurt him.