Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks in the southern city of Bandar Abbas. After the IAEA voiced “serious concern” about Iran’s resumption of research on uranium enrichment, Ahmadinejad called his critics “a group of bullies.” (AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, left, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran. (STR AFP/Getty Images)
Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, right, with Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, during a meeting in ‘Cuba libre’ Managua. (Antonio Aragon / EPA)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh. (Hassan Ammar AFP/Getty Images)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a ceremony celebrating the second annual National Day for Nuclear Technology at the nuclear plant in Natanz, central Iran. (Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA)
Presidents Bashar Assad of Syria, left, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran review an honor guard in Damascus. (Louai Beshara AFP/Getty Images)
Thousands demonstrate against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad‘s appearance at Columbia University, where he faced tough questions on Israel as well as his country’s treatment of women and gays. (Stan Honda AFP/Getty Images)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiles as he is shown equipment at Iran’s nuclear facility near the central town of Natanz, the site of controversial uranium enrichment. (Handout / Getty Images)
