World's Most Dangerous Leaders (page 5 of 5)

Vitals:

50 years old.
Holds PhD in engineering and traffic transportation planning.
Member of student-run Islamic Students Association, which planned seizure of U.S. embassy in Teheran in 1979.
Joined the Revolutionary Guard during Iran-Iraq War in mid-1980s, and later the Guards-spawned Qods Force, formed to spread -- by force, if necessary -- Ayatollah Khomeini's vision of a new Islamic world.
Entered politics in the early 1990s, first as a town mayor, then as a provincial governor.
Elected mayor of Teheran in 2003, gaining followers as a populist railing against government corruption. Became Iran's president in 2005 with support of conservative clerics.

Rap Sheet:

Almost certainly took part in planning of U.S. embassy seizure in 1979. Five former American hostages claim he was one of their captors.
Suspected by Austrian government of participating in 1989 assassination of a Kurdish dissident in Vienna.
Has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map" and has labeled the Holocaust "a myth."
Supports Palestinian and Shi'ite terrorist groups, including Hezbollah.
Has infiltrated several thousand Iranian soldiers and political operatives into Iraq, where they reportedly have safe houses and arms caches.
Defies United Nations by continuing a program to enrich uranium and, potentially, build nuclear weapons.

Future Threat:

A nuclear Iran could be emboldened to step up terrorism, including turning Hezbollah loose on American targets worldwide.
Could threaten to block flow of Persian Gulf oil through the Strait of Hormuz, affecting 20 percent of the world's supply.
Could sabotage U.S. efforts in Iraq through influence on Iraq's Shi'ite leaders.
Could encourage strikes on American forces by Iraqi Shi'ite groups supplied by Iran.
Could welcome conflict as part of belief that apocalyptic war will precede the return of the Shi'ite messiah, known as the Mahdi.

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