Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tenure as the President of Iran from 2005 to 2013 was marked by controversy and hostility towards the West, particularly Israel and the United States. He gained notoriety for his extremist Islamist views, vehement opposition to Israel’s existence, and denial of the Holocaust. Ahmadinejad’s inflammatory rhetoric and actions, including his calls for Israel to be “wiped off the map” and his labeling of the Holocaust as a “myth,” earned him widespread condemnation from the international community.