Region | Iran  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reign strewn with controversy
Eight years of rule earned the Iranian leader many enemies    •
By: Jumana Al TamimiAssociate Editor   • Published: 13:37 June
12, 2013   • Gulf News    • Image Credit: Ramachandra Babu/©Gulf
News  Dubai: Leaders and presidents go down in history for
different reasons. They are usually remembered for decisions
they took that changed the course of their countries.  For
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he will be remembered not
only for his famous white jacket, but also for his rhetoric. It
was his inflammatory statements, mainly against the US, UK and
Israel, that have promoted his country’s isolation.  After
serving two terms as president, Ahmadinejad ends his 8 years
while Iran “has more divisions among its political elites,
suffering from the economic deterioration and a negative image
abroad,” said Mahjoub Zweiri, an expert in Iranian affairs at
Qatar University.  “In the first statement he gave after
becoming a president in August 200