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Trump criticizes Iran for 'tapping us along' with second round of nuclear talks set for Saturday • Apr. 14, 2025, 1:52 PM ET (AP)

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Born September 29, 1954 (age 70) • Mahābād • Iran
Title / Office president (2024-), Iran

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Hassan Rouhani
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prime minister of Iran
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
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Ahura Mazdā
Zarathushtra
Iranian prophet
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iranian religious leader
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Reza Shah Pahlavi
shah of Iran
Mehdi Karroubi
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Ismāʿīl I
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Qassem Soleimani
Qassem Soleimani
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Khatami, Mohammad
Mohammad Khatami
president of Iran
Ebadi, Shirin
Shirin Ebadi
Iranian lawyer, author and teacher
Mohammad Mosaddeq.
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The Islamic Republic's first (and last) secular president
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