Last updated on:
2/4/2016 |
Author: ProCon.org
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Former President of Iran
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“When asked whether he believes in a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ahmadinejad declined to comment. ‘I cannot express an opinion. That is their prerogative,’ Ahmadinejad said. ‘But the people of Palestine must be allowed by everyone, and helped by everyone, to allow them, to give them the right to choose for themselves’.”
CNN Wire Staff, “Iran’s President Ranges Far in Interview: Talks Israel, Slams Homosexuality,” www.cnn.com, Sep. 25, 2012
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to Israeli-Palestinian conflict. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- 6th President of Iran, 2005-2013
- Mayor of Tehran, 2003-2005
- Head engineer of the sixth army of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the head of the Corps’ staff in the western provinces of Iran, 1986
- Head representative of the Iran University of Science and Technology, 1979
- Central Council of the Islamic Society of Engineers
- Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
- Education:
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- PhD, Traffic and Transportation Engineering and Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology, 1987
- Other:
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