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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the US and Israel’s unlikely choice to lead Iran

Populist former president’s falling-out with the Tehran regime allegedly drew him into a takeover plotUS and Israel hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leaderFor all their outward differences, there always seemed to be things that linked Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Donald Trump.A visit to the then Ir...

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by Robert Tait in Washington
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the US and Israel’s unlikely choice to lead Iran

Populist former president’s falling-out with the Tehran regime allegedly drew him into a takeover plot

For all their outward differences, there always seemed to be things that linked Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Donald Trump.

A visit to the then Iranian president’s rather humble Tehran neighbourhood nearly 20 years ago highlighted cost of living problems that prefigured those facing Trump now.

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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Robert Tait in Washington.

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