The website, ahmadinejad.Ir, was launched Sunday with a big smiling photo of Ahmadinejad and the slogan: "We will come soon."
Ahmadinejad effectively disappeared from Iran's political landscape after his second term ended in 2013. The hard-line leader's eight-year rule was marked by hostility towards the West and inflammatory rhetoric calling for the destruction of Israel and casting doubt on the Holocaust.
His reputation even among hard-liners took a hit earlier this month after his former senior vice president was sentenced to five years in jail and ordered to pay a USD 300,000 fine for corruption.
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