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Former Iranian president predicts Michigan football return to glory

Everyone has a hot take during Michigan-Michigan State week.

Evidently that includes former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

In perhaps the most random take on the in-state rivalry so far this week, the politician who held office between 2005 and 2013 weighed in on the Wolverines' chances on Twitter on Tuesday.

"With a hard work ethic Inshallah the U of M will return to its glory days," he wrote.

With a hard work ethic Inshallah the U of M will return to its glory days.

-- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (@Ahmadinejad1956) October 16, 2018

Roughly translated, Inshallah means "God willing" or "if God wills.