Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Former President of Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (front row C) sits with commanders from the Basij Militia in Tehran on May 7, 2006. Iran said on Sunday any measures taken against its nuclear program by the U.N. Security Council would push Tehran towards confrontation with the West rather than cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Iran has been referred to the world body after failing to convince the international community that its nuclear power program is not a smokescreen for building weapons. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM