Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to attend the inauguration of leftist Daniel Ortega as Nicaragua’s new president. The Iranian president’s trip for Wednesday’s ceremony took Israeli diplomats in the region and members of the country’s tiny Jewish community by surprise.
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