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		velayati said iran looks forward to seeing azerbaijian and armenia solve their problems and observed that at any rate the government of azerbaijan could count on iran's help for solving the problem of karabakh.
		velayati arrived here tuesday on a two-day official visit to hand over a message from president akbar hashemi rafsanjani to president hedydar aliyev of azerbaijan inviting him to attend the 8th summit meeting of the organization of the islamic conference (oic) to be held in tehran in december.
		he is to deliver a message from president akbar hashemi rafsanjani for president saparmurat niyazov of turkmenistan inviting him to attend the 8th summit meeting of the organization of the islamic conference (oic), to be held in tehran in december.
	www.salamiran.org /Media/IRNA/970423.html (3472 words)

	Ali Akbar Velayati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ali Akbar Velayati (علی‌اکبر ولایتی; born June 25, 1945 in Shemiran) is an Iranian politician and a pediatrician, currently an Advisor in International Affairs to the Supreme Leader.
		Velayati acquired his M.D. from University of Tehran and pediatrics degrees from the Johns Hopkins University, respectively in 1971 and 1974.
		Velayati was under consideration by the conservative alliance of Iran as a possible candidate for Iranian presidential election of 2005, but he announced that he does not accept candidacy of the conservative alliance and will run as an Independent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ali_Akbar_Velayati (232 words)

	My cabinet would be non-partisan: Velayati
		Velayati told reporters that his cabinet would be a non-partisan cabinet, neither affiliated to the so-called leftists nor to the rightists.
		Velayati noted that a successful government has appropriate interaction with other countries, adding that one should look for the impact of foreign policy in the economic sphere rather than in political comings and goings.
		Velayati referred to the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the European Union as another challenge facing the Islamic Republic and observed that Iran has on the whole been successful in the negotiations, although it has not made optimal use of its capabilities.
	www.mehrnews.ir /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=181900 (700 words)

	Student leaders meet presidential candidate Velayati
		The students considered as unsuccessful the “one-dimensional” political and economic strategies adopted by incumbent President Mohammad Khatami and former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Khezriyan added, saying the strategy of justice which was mentioned by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khamenei is a comprehensive approach.
		Referring to the candidate’s remarks, the union member said Velayati focused on his economic plans for the future government and announced it is early to list his possible cabinet members.
		Velayati is a top advisor to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on foreign policy and international affairs.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=141581 (181 words)

	Global Insight // Our Perspective
		Ali Akbar Velayati, a former foreign minister, has not offered any details about the economic policies that he might initiate, except that economic development will be one of his top priorities.
		Ali Larijani, the former director of national radio and television, has promised to raise people’s purchasing power by 40% during his term.
		He is former president Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, who is currently the head of Iran’s Expediency Council, an appointed body with the final word on disputes between branches of the government.
	www.globalinsight.com /Perspective/PerspectiveDetail1895.htm (680 words)

	Analysis: Conservative Presidential Candidates Speak Up In Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first person to announce his candidacy for the 2005 presidential election is former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, who is currently an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Radio Farda reported on 27 November.
		Velayati is considered a conservative, and he met with leaders of the hard-line Islamic Coalition Party just a few days before announcing his candidacy.
		Velayati falls somewhere in the middle of the rightist current, according to the commentary, between Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani and Tehran Mayor Mahmud Ahmadinejad.
	www.parstimes.com /news/archive/2004/rfe/conservative_candidates.html (983 words)

	The Media Line - News Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This move, suggest experts, is a possible sign of a split among the ruling conservatives, since an internal committee, headed by 'Ali Akbar Natiq Nouri (former speaker of the parliament and consultant to Khamanai) has still not decided on its candidate.
		Velayati, a conservative, tried to lessen the issue, saying there is no time to further delay the committee's decision.
		Most of the reformist parties are now debating between two options for their candidate: former Speaker of Parliament Mahdi Karoubi (who already announced himself as a candidate), or former Iranian President 'Ali Akbar Hashimi Rafsanjani, who currently holds the position of Head of the Council for the Discernment of the National Interest.
	www.themedialine.org /news/print_news_detail.asp?NewsID=8694 (224 words)

	Iran's former conservative FM to run for presidency - Printer Friendly Page - Iran (General) - Iran Focus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Late in November, Velayati had said he was "completely ready to run for presidency though (his) candidacy is not finalized yet".
		Velayati headed the country's diplomacy from 1981 to 1997.
		Influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, now the head of the Expediency Council, is also mulling a comeback as president but has yet to declare his intentions.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/print.php?storyid=1005 (334 words)

	Iranian presidential election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council and a former President of Iran, who has won the support of several parties from both of the wings (and may still win more support), but is considered to be leaned towards the conservatives more than towards the reformists.
		Ali Larijani, Supreme Leader's representative in National Security Council and a former director of IRIB, who was supposed to be the major conservative candidate, as chosen by the "Council for Coordinating the Revolution Forces" (showrā-ye hamāhangi-e nirūhā-ye enǧelāb), a council of some older and very influential leaders of the conservative alliance.
		Ali Akbar Velayati, an Adviser to the Supreme Leader for foreign affairs, and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iranian_presidential_election,_2005 (2965 words)

	Sayyid Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei (born 1939) followed Ayatollah Rohollah Khomeini as supreme spiritual and political leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
		Born in 1939, Sayyid Ali Khamenei was raised in a family of Islamic scholars in Meshed, a key city in northeast Iran.
		During the 1997 elections, Khamenei's choice for president, Ali Akbar Nateq-Noori, was defeated by Mohammed Khatami in a referendum by the general public for more freedom and liberty.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/sayyid-ali-khamenei-ayatollah (1216 words)

	Foreign forces provoked Ahvaz skirmishes: Velayati
		Referring to the recent clashes in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Velayati said that the event was undoubtedly provoked by foreign forces.
		The Supreme Leader’s advisor for international affairs added that the people of Khuzestan Province proved their love of Iran during the eight-year Iraqi imposed war, noting that the recent skirmishes are meant to instigate ethnic disputes.
		Encouraging a massive voter turnout is the key to holding an enthusiastic election, Ali Shakurirad, the head of the campaign headquarters of reformist presidential candidate Mostafa Moin, said in Central Province on Saturday.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=175258 (606 words)

	The Hindu : Iranian special envoy meets PM
		Ali Akbar Velayati, Special Envoy of the Iranian President, Mohammed Khatami, with the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, in New Delhi on Friday.
		The Iranian President's special envoy, Ali Akbar Velayati, called on the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, and handed over a letter from his leader, Mohammed Khatami.
		Velayati, who also met the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, is said to have exchanged views on the "evolving situation'' in Iraq.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/2003/03/22/stories/2003032203431100.htm (389 words)

	Iranian Expert Banuazizi: Rafsanjani Only Presidential Hopeful Who Can End U.S. Nuclear Standoff - Council on Foreign ...
		Ali Banuazizi, an expert on Iranian politics, says that of the various candidates for the next presidential election in Iran on June 17, only former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has a chance of ending the standoff with Washington over Iran’s nuclear program.
		The second conservative candidate is Ali Akbar Velayati, who was foreign minister for 16 years, from 1981 to 1997.
		He was the one who made it possible for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to [succeed Grand Ayatollah Khomeini] as the supreme leader, and Rafsanjani himself, of course, became a candidate and won the presidency.
	www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=8099 (2055 words)

	Velayati opposed to resumption of ties with US
		Tehran, Oct 11, IRNA -- Ali Akbar Velayati, senior advisor to the supreme leader of the Islamic revolution on international affairs expressed opposition on Friday to an idea on the resumption of ties with the United States.
		Velayati said it is a flagrant mistake on part of some individuals in Iran to call for talks with the US authorities on the normalization of ties in a time when the US policies are subject to anti-US demonstrations worldwide.
		Velayati further said the US has targeted Islam and Muslims, dding that in Palestine the Muslim militants have brought the United States to their kneels.
	www.payvand.com /news/02/oct/1039.html (313 words)

	Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East
		The first person to announce his candidacy for the 2005 presidential election is former foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati, who is currently an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Radio Farda reported.
		Velayati is considered a conservative, and he met with leaders of the hardline Islamic Coalition Party just a few days before announcing his candidacy.
		Conservative Mashhad representative Teimur Ali Asgar said Hashemi-Rafsanjani could be a strategist, but "the people have become modernist and would like Mr Hashemi to leave the field to younger people," Aftab-i Yazd reported on December 7.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/FL11Ak02.html (920 words)

	Velayati: I will focus on economic development, promoting social justice in my programs as president - Irna
		Velayati made the remarks in a press gathering attended by IRNA officials and correspondents on his programs for the upcoming presidential elections.
		Pointing out that all-out progress of the country was the true will of the both nation and government which were inspired by the Islamic nature of the system in Iran, he said that he will adhere to improving economic conditions as well as promoting social justice as the most urgent priorities in his programs.
		Velayati also noted that at the present juncture where the fundamentalists have failed to introduce an identical presidential nominee, he is free to act according to his own sound decision and run in the elections as an independent candidate.
	www.irna.com /en/news/view/menu-239/0501110392121457.htm (443 words)

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		The most visible incident of factionalism in this period was the parliament’s refusal to approve the conservative Ali Akbar Velayati as prime minister, as proposed by then president Hojatoleslam Seyed Ali Khamenehi.
		Musavi’s statist policies were overshadowed by a strong parliament presided by Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and a President who did not favor his radical policies.
		In his second term as president, Rafsanjani was compelled to reshuffle his cabinet and remove, according to critics, his "financially corrupt" ministers.
	nelc.osu.edu /news/folklore/yr2004/vol20num1and2/0025AkbarMahdi.htm (2287 words)

	FAS Email Archives -- 1995-96 Missile Defense Monitor
		In his turn, Ali Akbar Velayati said that, in Iran's opinion, "security in the Gulf area must be ensured precisely by the countries of the region." It is obvious that both the interlocutors meant the US military presence in the Gulf area.
		Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati expressed confidence on his behalf that the agreements achieved in Teheran will be implemented.
		Coordination of attempts made by the both sides "bear fruit and is aimed at stabilizing the situation in the region," emphasised Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati.
	www.fas.org /MHonArc/BMDList_archive96/msg00133.html (2654 words)

	FORMER INTELLIGENCE MINISTER ALI FALLAHIAN UNDER HOUSE ARREST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		APR. (IPS) Former Intelligence Minister hojatoleslam Ali Fallahian has been placed under house arrest in connection with the last year's chain murders of prominent secular politician and intellectual dissidents, according to well informed sources.
		An adviser to the leader, the ayatollah Ali Khameneh'i on intelligence, terrorist and security matters, Mr.
		Fallahian is under an international warrant issued in 1996 by Germany because of his role in the assassination of Iranian dissidents abroad.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles/fallahian_arrested.html (473 words)

	Prime Minister of Iran (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The post was left empty until Abolhassan Banisadr became president in January 1980 and chose Mohammad Ali Rajai as his Prime minister, mainly because of pressures imposed by Majlis representatives, specially those close to Islamic Republic Party.
		Rajai served in the post until Banisadr's impeachment in June, 1981, and was elected as president in the elections of July 24, 1981.
		When Ali Khamenei became president in the elections of October, 1981, he first introduced right-leaning Ali Akbar Velayati to the Majlis as his Prime minister, but he was voted down by the then left-leaning majority of the parliament, which then forced their own preferred Prime Minister to Khamenei, namely Mir-Hossein Mousavi.
	prime-minister-of-iran.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (401 words)

	Agence Global - Article
		On the right, some ten candidates are fighting it out, of whom the most prominent are the former foreign minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, the mayor of Tehran, Mahmud Ahmadi Nejad, and the former commander of the Guardians of the Revolution, Mohsen Rezai.
		The big unknown factor is whether Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, who was a two-term president from 1989 to 1997, will stand again.
		It is widely rumoured that, when he was president, Hashemi-Rafsanjani attempted to strike a deal with the United States leading to mutual recognition, but that his initiative was vetoed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
	www.agenceglobal.com /article.asp?id=466 (828 words)

	Newsean The Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The campaign is being led by Ali Akbar Velayati, who recently has been the chief adviser on foreign policy to the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
		Dr Velayati, a former foreign minister of the Islamic Republic, has close personal ties to the Hezbollah movement — and the ambition to be president in the elections in Iran this year.
		Dr Velayati and the single-minded anti-Israel regime in Teheran see democratic reform as a conspiracy against violence and terrorism by the groups that oppose peace with Israel.
	www.newsean.in.th /updates (1151 words)

	EurasiaNet Civil Society - Disunited Reformist Front in Iran Seeks Presidential Candidate
		Moin, Abdolkarim Sorush, Ali Shariatmadari, and Ahmad Ahmadi were members of the Cultural Revolution Headquarters established in 1980 that was tasked with training and vetting professors, selecting students, and Islamizing universities and their curricula.
		His most important responsibility was serving on the committee that selected students, according to "Sharq," and he was not involved with the initial purge of the universities.
		Former Tehran parliamentary representative and student activist Ali Akbar Musavi-Khoeni told a gathering of the Office for Strengthening Unity that the only presidential candidate that could challenge the conservatives is Expediency Council Chairman and former President Ayatollah Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, "Farhang-i Ashti" reported on 16 October.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/civilsociety/articles/pp102404.shtml (933 words)

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