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The opening as it read in 2010

Wikinews has related news: Iranian President Ahmadinejad speaks at Columbia University Criticism of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became rampant after his election victory on June 29, 2005.¹ These include charges that he participated in the 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis , assassinations of Kurdish politicians in Austria , torture , interrogation and executions of political prisoners in the Evin prison in Tehran . Ahmadinejad and his political supporters have denied these allegations.² From before the second round of the elections, in late July 2005, there have also been allegations of political corruption from Ahmadinejad's political opponents inside Iran, especially his opponents in the reformist parties.³

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The opening as it stood in 2015 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Perceptions of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad included criticism after his election victory on June 29, 2005. These include charges that he participated in the 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis , assassinations of Kurdish politicians in Austria , torture , interrogation and executions of political prisoners in the Evin prison in Tehran . Ahmadinejad and his political supporters have denied these allegations.

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The opening as it stood in 2020

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Controversies of the former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad included criticism after his election victory on June 29, 2005. These include charges that he participated in the 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis , assassinations of Kurdish politicians in Austria , torture , interrogation and executions of political prisoners in the Evin prison in Tehran . Ahmadinejad and his political supporters have denied these allegations.

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The opening as it stood in 2025 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Controversies of the former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad included criticism after his election victory on June 29, 2005.

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