Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term, vowing more defiance of the West at a ceremony boycotted by his rivals, as riot police broke up opposition protests. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)
Today Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for his second term as Iran's president. Have the weeks of post-election protests undermined Ahmadinejad's power and status in his own country? And what would a weakened Tehran mean for global diplomacy? The Takeaway talks to Roger Hardy, Middle East analyst for the BBC.
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