Israel and Iran's battle rages on. Reports claiming that former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been assassinated shook Iran amid rising tensions.

An AFP photojournalist snapped the picture of Khamenei even earlier, in August 2005, during a ceremony to inaugurate former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who served until 2013.

Here are some of the United Nations' history-making events as the world body marks the anniversary of its founding on June 26, 1945, when the U.N. Charter was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.

After Khamenei ordered fraudulent election results released to throw victory to the unpopular hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranians poured into the streets across the country.

But Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s populist president elected in June 2005, became more assertive, insisting Iran’s technology was the peaceful outcome of the scientific achievements of the ...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Americans who threatened to burn the Muslim holy book, saying, “The truth cannot be burned.” He then held up the Quran and the Bible and said ...

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations at its headquarters in New York and at its far-flung global operations. The 193-member organization on Thursday ...

In 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president of Iran. In 2006, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped by militants from the Gaza Strip. He was released Oct. 18, 2011.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and at its far-flung global operations. Here are ...

With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s election as Iran’s president in 2005, he and Chavez visited each other multiple times forming a self-described “ axis of unity ” against US imperialism.