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Islamic Republic of Iran
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Ahmadinejad, according to The New Yorker, is about 5' tall (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/04/13/090413fa_fact_anderson?currentPage=4); however others have noted that he appears to be a few...
he is a Shiite as the Iranian system allows no one but the Shiites to control such important positions in the state...