Iran's Ahmadinejad takes office
Ahmadinejad, 49, an ultra-conservative former revolutionary guard, was formally installed at a ceremony led by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after coming from nowhere to win a stunning election victory in June. In his first address, the new president appealed for an end to weapons of mass destruction in the world a day after the West issued sharp warnings to Tehran over its threatened violation of a deal suspending its nuclear programme. But after formally endorsing Ahmadinejad as president, Khamenei ordered the new government not give up "the rights of the nation." "Iranian leaders have no right to give up the nation's economic and political rights. These rights must be defended," Khamenei said in a speech punctuated by cries of "Death to America, Death to Israel" from regime officials at the ceremony.
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