- Aug 20, 2000
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Iran's cyber-president
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The blog itself: http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/n his first - and so far only - blog posting, Ahmadinejad goes on to describe his early life. He's certainly to be commended for that. Most politicians would rather sign a million-dollar deal with Harper Collins for their autobiography than provide it free of charge on the internet. On the other hand, publishers might not find Ahmadinejad's life story sufficiently exciting to pay such a big advance.
After my birth - the fourth one in the family," Ahmadinejad writes, "my family was under more pressures.
My father had finished six grade of elementary school. He was a hard-bitten toiler blacksmith, a pious man who regularly participated in different religious programs. Even though never the dazzling look of the world was appealing to him, but the pressure of the life caused that he decided to migrate to Tehran when I was one year old. We chose to live in south central part of Tehran where is called Pamenar.
We are promised more gems in future postings:
I will continue this topic later on as it took long in the beginning. From now onwards, I will try to make it shorter and simpler. With hope in God, I intend to wholeheartedly complete my talk in future with allotted fifteen minutes.
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