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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2018, file photo, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh stands on the field before the team's NCAA football game against Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Western Michigan has Michigan’s attention. The Wolverines are coming off a disappointing loss at Notre Dame, and Western Michigan is riding some momentum after generating 452 yards and scoring 35 points in the second half against Syracuse. “We’re up and at it and on it, and we’re going to need to be,” Harbaugh said. “Watching the tape, they’re an extremely good football team. Whether they’re playing at home or on the road, they’re a very formidable team.” (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad weighs in on Michigan Wolverines

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 11, 2013 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei wave to journalists as they arrive at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. The semi-official ISNA news agency reported Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, that a court has sentenced Mashaei to six-and-a-half years in prison. The report quotes Tehran Justice Department chief Gholamhossein Esmaili as saying Mashaei was sentenced to five years for plotting and conspiring to commit crimes against national security, one year for propaganda against the Islamic Republic system and six months for insulting officials. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File )

Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad’s ally gets prison time

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From left, San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad weighs in for Kaepernick

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Iran’s ex-president tweets in defense of Serena Williams

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Iran’s former hard-line president asks Rouhani to resign

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad opines on Trump, James spat

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Narges Mousavi an Iranian artist and daughter of Mir Hossein Mousavi stands during her exhibition in &quot;House of Free Designers&quot; art gallery in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. The daughter of Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has been under house arrest since early 2011, is holding a painting exhibition in Tehran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran opposition leader’s daughter holds painting exhibition

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2015 file photo, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, registers his candidacy for the elections of the Experts Assembly in Tehran, Iran. Iranian state media said Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 that influential former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has died at age 82 after having been hospitalized because of a heart condition. Rafsanjani, who served as president from 1989 to 1997, was a leading politician who often played kingmaker in the country's turbulent politics. He supported President Hassan Rouhani. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Influential former Iranian leader Rafsanjani dead at age 82

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Maxim Shemetov, Pool) ** FILE **

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad allies say Iran supreme leader told him not to run again

By Amir Vahdat - Associated Press

Jubilant Iranians sang and waved Iranian flags during street celebrations in Tehran after a landmark nuclear deal. Many of the country's sidelined reformist politicians and human rights activists are quietly greeting the pact with support. (Associated Press)

Iran’s Green Movement reform activists see hope in nuclear deal

By Andrew Nachemson - The Washington Times

JED BABBIN: The costs of a nuclear deal with Iran

By Jed Babbin

Then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Maxim Shemetov, Pool) ** FILE **

Iran’s President Ahmadinejad touts achievement: Advancing Holocaust denials

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (third from left) chairs at a weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, June 16, 2013. Mr. Netanyahu warned the international community against easing sanctions on Iran following the election of Hasan Rowhani, a reformist-backed presidential candidate, since the country's nuclear efforts remain firmly in the hands of Iran's extremist ruling clerics. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, Pool)

Moderate Iranian leader could hinder Israel

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Men wait in line at a polling station to vote during presidential elections in Qom, 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran’s leader jabs U.S. as presidential vote begins

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

** FILE ** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the victory sign as he attends the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Iran’s Ahmadinejad survives ‘helicopter incident’ after emergency landing

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KAHLILI: Teetering on the brink

By Reza Kahlili

** FILE ** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the victory sign as he attends the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Western morals, not nukes, the bigger threat

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (second from left) waves during the inauguration of the Jamaran-2 guided missile destroyer in the port city of Anzali, Iran, about 150 miles northwest of Tehran, the capital, on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Iran launched the domestically built ship in the Caspian Sea in the nation's first deployment of a major warship in the oil-rich region. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hemmat Khahi)

Iran launches destroyer in the Caspian Sea

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comforts Elena Frias next to the flag-draped coffin of her son, the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, during the funeral ceremony at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)

Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized for hugging Hugo Chavez’s mother

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

BERMAN: The coming showdown for democracy in Iran

By Ilan Berman