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Reports emerge that Former President Ahmadinejad killed, but state media says it cannot confirm his fate
Times of Israel ^ | 03/02/26 | Lazar Berman

Posted on 03/02/2026 10:49:56 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Amid reports of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s death, Iranian state media says reports cannot be confirmed.

Israeli and international media report that the hardline former Iranian president was killed in a Saturday strike on his home, citing “state media.”

Some outlets cite the Iran Labor News Agency. However, the news site says explicitly that the reports “cannot be confirmed.”

One of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s close associates, in contact with ILNA, denied the news of the martyrdom of the president of the ninth and tenth governments without any additional information, saying: ‘The news of his martyrdom is false,” according to the outlet.

Neither Israel nor Iran have put out an official statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Hamas; Hezbollah; Iran; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror; Yemen
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; hamas; hezbollah; hostagecrisis; iran; irgc; israel; mahmoudahmadinejad; waronterror; yemen
He was the first President from Iran invited by Columbia University to speak on Campus.

The administration argued that because Iran was a major geopolitical player and a potential threat, it was educationally vital for students and faculty to engage directly with its leader.

Then Columbia President Lee Bollinger stated that it required "intellectual and emotional courage to confront the mind of evil" and that students needed to understand the world as it actually is, not just as they wish it to be.

1 posted on 03/02/2026 10:49:56 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Hmm so we killed so many of the active leadership we have started going for the old reserves LOL


2 posted on 03/02/2026 10:51:59 AM PST by Skwor
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To: SeekAndFind

State media wouldn’t lie would it?


3 posted on 03/02/2026 10:57:11 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: SeekAndFind

The evil clearly appeared in I’mADinnerJacket’s black, blank eyes.

Reportedly, he was one of the main Iranian protagonists who initially kidnapped and tortured the 400+ Americans.


4 posted on 03/02/2026 10:59:11 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: SeekAndFind

Iran’s version of Gavin Newsom.


5 posted on 03/02/2026 11:01:09 AM PST by calljack (Stealing the 2020 Election will go down in history as the worst political miscalculation of all time)
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To: one guy in new jersey

He’s entered the pining for the fjords stage.


6 posted on 03/02/2026 11:01:25 AM PST by xp38
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To: SeekAndFind

If the remains is wearing a necktie it wasn’t him.


7 posted on 03/02/2026 11:15:01 AM PST by MikelTackNailer (be American or Be Gone)
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To: SeekAndFind

Keep in mind that, at one point, the mainstream media called Ahmadinejad a “moderate.”


8 posted on 03/02/2026 11:20:55 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s actually not a bad point. Kids should be hearing people like him is they realize that the world has evil in it that must be opposed. But we all know that wasn’t the real reason Columbia had him in to speak. It probably had more to do with their basic agreement with him on what to do about Israel.


9 posted on 03/02/2026 11:31:46 AM PST by stremba
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To: stremba

I will give him credit for saying the podium smelled like sulfir at the UN general assembly after George w Bush spoke.


10 posted on 03/02/2026 11:33:54 AM PST by RightWingNutJob69
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To: RightWingNutJob69

I think that was Hugo of Venezuela. who first said that.
I could be wrong.


11 posted on 03/02/2026 11:36:15 AM PST by lee martell
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To: SeekAndFind

Bye, bye President ImaDinnerJacket


12 posted on 03/02/2026 11:40:24 AM PST by Sparticus
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To: SeekAndFind

Schadenfruede.


13 posted on 03/02/2026 11:41:55 AM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: SeekAndFind

students needed to understand the world as it actually is, not just as they wish it to be.
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Yes, Ahmadinejad is welcome, but US conservatives, that’s different, those cannot be allowed to speak on campus.
They are too radical.


14 posted on 03/02/2026 11:49:29 AM PST by AZJeep (sane )
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To: SeekAndFind

Hahahaha - Ben Shapiro says when this is over, Columbia University won’t have any speakers left to invite


15 posted on 03/02/2026 11:54:02 AM PST by 11th_VA
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To: SeekAndFind; All

probably because he’s in about a million pieces


16 posted on 03/02/2026 11:58:30 AM PST by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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To: RightWingNutJob69

Hugo Chavez said that.


17 posted on 03/02/2026 12:32:13 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
"He may have perished because he was smoking in bed."

"So, he was smoking in bed?"

"Well, he was smoking when we pulled him out."

18 posted on 03/02/2026 1:01:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is just a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: Skwor

Old ‘I’mADinnerJacket’ is gone? That would be a blessing.


19 posted on 03/02/2026 3:26:21 PM PST by GOPJ (Trump's a Rorschach: for good or ill people see thier hidden selves in him. Protector? Bully? Savior)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wasn’t there a picture back when the Iranian “students” stormed the US Embassy during the Carter administration of a youthful Ahmadinejad (looked a lot like him) standing on the steps. He’s no moderate regardless of what the presstitudes tell you.


20 posted on 03/03/2026 8:00:45 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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