Other

BBC World Service Online

The Documentary

Documentaries

Factual

Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.

The Documentary: Ahmadinejad - The Populist And The Pariah

The Documentary: Ahmadinejad: The Populist and the Pariah

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

04/06/2013 GMT

Ahmadinejad: The Populist and the Pariah

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Ahmadinejad: The Populist and the Pariah

The rise - and legacy - of outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

As President Ahmadinejad of Iran steps down, James Reynolds assess his legacy, and how he took on his country’s ruling clerics.

Devil or Popular Hero? As President Ahmadinejad steps down, we assess his legacy.  Since his election in 2005, Mr Ahmadinejad has challenged his country’s Supreme Leader and goaded the United States. He has become perhaps the most well-known Iranian politician since the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini.  This documentary looks at the rise of Ahmadinejad and explains how this provincial politician with a PhD in traffic management came to take on his country’s ruling clerics.

(Image: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Documentary

Ahmadinejad: The Populist and the Pariah

Genres

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service