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	netWMD - Iranian President Khatami Sells Out Completely
		Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has utterly and completely failed to be the "reformer" that so many had thought him to be.
		Iranians have vented their frustrations over and over again at the lack of reform, but all they have gotten in return is violence -- and the further entrenchment of the religious, dictatorial establishment.
		President, you admit that the few in power ("some") are happy to retain their absolute grip on power.
	www.netwmd.com /articles/article446.html (528 words)

	Biography of president (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Khatami, the fifth President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was born in Ardakan, in the central Province of Yazd in 1943 to a religious family.
		President Khatami chaired the Islamic Center of Hamburg in Germany before the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution an the recommendation of Martyr Mohammad Beheshti.
		President Khatami was elected as the fifth President of the Islamic Republic in May 1997 elections by gaining 20,078,178 votes, almost 70 percent of the votes cast.
	www.president.ir /eng/khatami/bio (382 words)

	Pope, Iranian president establish detente
		President Mohammad Khatami, a moderate cleric, came bearing a message of detente and dialogue that was warmly received.
		The Iranian president is fighting a tough battle back home, where the conservative clerics who control parliament, the security forces and the judiciary bitterly oppose many of his reforms.
		Fides, the news agency of the Vatican's missionary arm, says Iranian Christians are free to worship inside their churches but their activities are watched and they are barred from serving in the government and armed forces.
	www.th-record.com /1999/03/12/vaticani.htm (560 words)

	Iranian President inaugurates copper plant
		Kerman, June 1, IRNA -- President Mohammad Khatami on Tuesday officially inaugurated a copper plant in the southeastern city of Sarcheshmeh.
		The president is accompanied by Minister of Industries and Mines Es'haq Jahangiri and the head of the Tourism and Cultural Heritage Organization.
		The second phase of the plant is scheduled to increase the output to 350,000 tons annually by the end of the Fourth Development Plan (March 2010).
	www.payvand.com /news/04/jun/1006.html (113 words)

	President Khatami Returns Home, Demands Eradication of Discrimination Against French Muslims
		President Khatami said, "Unfortunately, in the contemporary era, the image of the West and the world civilization have suffered serious damage, but, on the other side of politics there is a philosophical and scientific system which should be recognized and employed through dialog and logic.
		President Khatami said the French thinkers are vanguards of thought and culture in the contemporary era and they are expected to take great steps to provide the humanity with answers to questions, consistent with civilizations.
		President Khatami further paid tribute to the founder of the Islamic Republic, the late Imam Khomeini and said that the struggles of the late Imam and his exile to different countries including France by the former Iranian regime were the source of awareness and growth of the Iraniann ation.
	www.bahai-library.com /newspapers/103099.html (2955 words)

	An Iranian bomb? \| thebulletin.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The protocol pledged each government to instruct the appropriate agencies to prepare and sign--during the first quarter of 1995--contracts for the supply of a 30-50 megawatt-thermal light-water research reactor, 2,000 metric tons of natural uranium, and the training of 10 to 20 AEOI graduates and graduate students annually at Russian academic institutions.
		In addition, the protocol instructed both sides to prepare and sign, within six months, a contract for the construction of a shaft for a uranium mine, after which negotiations would be conducted on a contract for the construction of a gas centrifuge plant.
		In mid-May, Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani told ABC News that Iran was not seeking nuclear weapons and challenged the United States to prove its charges.
	www.bullatomsci.org /issues/1995/ja95/ja95.albright.html (3989 words)

	As the Iranian president ayatollah Mohammad Khatami arrived in New York, diplomatic sources in London speculated that ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		By Safa Haeri, IPS Editor at the UN As the Iranian president ayatollah Mohammad Khatami arrived in New York amidst almost unseen security measures, diplomatic sources in Europe speculated that the ruling conservative leadership may profit from his absence to order Iranian forces to attack neighbouring Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
		Iranian and UN sources ruled out a meeting between Mr Khatami and president Bill Clinton but confirmed that Mrs Madeleine Albright will meet her Iranian counterpart, Kamal Kharrazi in the framework of the Afghanistan Neighbours Conference.
		Iranian president's harsh words for the Taleban came as the Amir al Mo'menin, or the supreme leader if the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan reiterated his desire to see the Iran-Afghanistan conflict be solved peacefully.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles/khatami_un.html (597 words)

	CNN.com - Amid protests, Iranian president visits Germany - July 10, 2000
		BERLIN -- Iranian President Mohammed Khatami held historic diplomatic talks in Berlin on Monday, but he traveled mostly by helicopter to avoid demonstrations by thousands of Iranian opposition activists protesting his visit and Iran's human rights record.
		At a joint news conference after Khatami's talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, the Iranian and German leaders stressed their common desire to expand cultural and economic ties while acknowledging "differences of opinion" that have burdened Iran's relations with the West for years.
		Khatami's trip, the first by an Iranian leader since the 1979 Islamic revolution, is meant to signal that both countries want to look ahead after years of strained or frozen relations.
	www.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/07/10/germany.iran.02/index.html (884 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Students heckle Iranian president
		Iranian students have interrupted a speech by President Mohammad Khatami to mark Student Day at Tehran university.
		Students chanted "Shame on you" and "Where are your promised freedoms?" to express their frustration with the failure of Iran's reform movement.
		But student leader Abdollah Momeni complained that there was no difference between the president and the authoritarians who thwarted his reform programme.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/4072887.stm (383 words)

	The United Nations: Iranian President Paints a Picture of Peace and Moderation
		The woman, identified by United Nations officials as Laila Jazayeri, a 37-year-old Iranian, was subdued by the United Nations security police, who handcuffed her and strapped her to a wheelchair before turning her over to the New York police.
		The last time an Iranian President addressed the General Assembly was in 1987, at the height of Iran's eight-year war with Iraq.
		Since Khatami became President 13 months ago one of his main themes has been the need for a "dialogue among civilizations," code words for bridging the gap between an Islamic Government like Iran's, which is still subject to American economic sanctions, and secular nations around the world.
	www.samsloan.com /un-iran.htm (948 words)

	USATODAY.com - Iranian President doubtful of U.S. talks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Iranian President Mohammad Khatami called for dialogue Wednesday as a solution to global conflicts but said he felt there was no chance for political talks with the United States because of a lack of respect for Tehran's Islamic government.
		Asked if he would speak with Vice President Dick Cheney, who arrives later this week at the conference of government and business leaders, Khatami said he was speaking of a process that would begin with an exchange of scholars and improved cultural ties.
		The Iranian president, dressed in a fl robe with fl turban, said in a veiled reference to the United States that military power had limitations in bringing security.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-01-21-iran-us-talks_x.htm (953 words)

	CNN - Transcript of interview with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami - January 7, 1998
		President, Americans, the average American, is familiar with one image of Iran, death to America, the burning of the American flag, and as we talked about, the hostages.
		PRESIDENT KHATAMI: I say that these issues should be examined with due consideration to their root causes and various dimensions.
		PRESIDENT KHATAMI: You see, this is another example of the sort of problem that exists between us and the United States.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9801/07/iran/interview.html (5529 words)

	Iranian president answers USA - PRAVDA.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In a clear and balanced reply to Washington's hysterical foreign policy, the Iranian President Mohammed Khatami presents the perfect answer: if Washington wants to stop nuclear weapons proliferation, start looking in Israel.
		The Iranian President, speaking in Isfahan on Wednesday, told Washington to cease following its misguided policies on Iran and the Middle East.
		He told delegates who had arrived for the OPEC meeting that the tension around Iran and the USA is caused by Washington's wrong and misguided policies.
	english.pravda.ru /mailbox/22/101/399/15128_khatami.html (354 words)

	CBS News \| Iranian President's Past Examined \| July 1, 2005 10:00:10
		The current Iranian environment minister, Massoumeh Ebtekar, was the chief interpreter and spokeswoman for the radical students who took over the U.S. Embassy and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.
		Dubbed "Sister Mary" by the American press because her heavy head scarf resembled a nun's habit, Ebtekar gave almost nightly interviews during the standoff, denouncing the hostages as spies and accusing the United States of committing crimes.
		Talk about the "who's who" of Iranians who in 1979 and 1980 seized and held the American hostages in Tehran began on Wednesday, when five former U.S. hostages who saw Iranian President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in photos or on television said they believe he was among the hostage-takers.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/06/29/world/main705307.shtml (780 words)

	Turks.US Daily News: Iranian President to Meet with Erdogan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Iranian President Mohammed Khatami is due to pay an official visit to Ankara next week upon the invitation of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
		Khatami will be the first Iranian president to visit Turkey in nearly a decade.
		After completing his contacts in Ankara, the Iranian leader is expected to proceed to Konya.
	www.turks.us /article.php?story=20040923062439190&mode=print (93 words)

	Iranian Prospect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		With this barrage against the new president, his team faced serious consequences no matter which direction it chose in responding to the accusations while the message coming out of Tehran was that the president-elect’s team supports terrorism.
		Iranian officials responded to these accusations by denying Ahmadinejad’s role, but because of the weight and spread of Western international news media, the image that is implanted in Western readers and viewers is that these men support terrorism.
		The question remains whether the new president will be able to continue this cat and mouse game with the international community and end up actually achieving something at the nuclear talks or he will be facing far tougher days ahead of him with unknown outcomes.
	www.omidmemarian.blogspot.com (4722 words)

	The Agonist: Iranian President Order Investigation
		BBC:Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has ordered two ministers to investigate the latest crackdown by the conservative-dominated judiciary against journalists and citizens, says Iran's official news agency.
		The crackdown - launched after a series of protests last month in which students shouted slogans against Iran's supreme leader and the conservative clerical establishment - has led to the arrest of dozens of student leaders and pro-reformist journalists.
		President Khatami said he was responsible for ensuring freedom of expression in Iran.
	scoop.agonist.org /archives/005291.html (142 words)

	PakDef Forums - Iranian President arrives in Pakistan on December 23
		President General Pervez Musharraf would host a state banquet in honour of the Iranian President on Monday evening.
		Khorram said that expeditious implementation of three agreements and a MoU that have been signed during the visit of the Iranian President in the field of custom, trade, science and technology and other areas of mutual interest, is a must in order to cement the trade and economic ties between the two countries.
		Pakistan side informed the Iranian guest that the Gwadar Deep Seaport, which is likely to be completed in 2004, could benefit Iran to establish linkages between the two countries to promote trade.
	www.pakdef.info /forum/showthread.php?t=3206 (1479 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Civil society greets Iranian president
		In addition to political considerations and close relations, the large reception was not a surprise because “the Lebanese Muslims in general, and the Shiite in particular, have strong moral, cultural and religious ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Ammar added.
		President Khatami enjoys a special respect among many intellectual and religious leaders in the Lebanese community.
		The Iranian role, regionally and internationally, will bring some balance and assurances that the present Israeli and American assault can still be faced not only with steadfastness and resistance, but also with more wisdom and far-sightedness,” Ammar said.
	www.lebanonwire.com /0305/03051308DS.asp (509 words)

	Iran/Azerbaijan: Iranian President Visits Azerbaijan, Calls For Closer Ties
		Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is visiting Azerbaijan this week.
		It's the first official trip to the neighboring country by an Iranian leader in more than 10 years.
		Khatami said an Azerbaijani consular office will open in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, the center of an Iranian province where millions of ethnic Azeris live.
	www.parstimes.com /news/archive/2004/rfe/iran_azerbaijan.html (545 words)

	Green Party of Iran - News
		The screening of the video came as a Belgian prosecutor opened an investigation of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani into the Belgian citizen's complaint of having been detained and tortured in Iran from 1983 to 1989.
		Gouging eyes and cutting off fingers are inhumane punishments routinely inflicted by the Iranian regime and have continued under the Khatami presidency since May 1997, said the Council statement.
		Hussein Abedini, another member of the foreign affairs committee, said Iranian clerics had carried out some 120,000 executions since 1978, secretly or publicly, and that 700 people had been executed since the beginning of last year.
	www.iran-e-sabz.org /news/torture3.htm (369 words)

	Iranian Alert -- December 12, 2003 -- IRAN LIVE THREAD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tehrani and Nikkhoo are among 11 Iranian Jews, ranging in age from 15 to 57 at the time of their ill-fated flights, who were caught and arrested while trying to leave Iran in the 1990s.
		Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said in Geneva, "Those who have committed crimes in Iran will be judged in Iran and the others will be extradited to the country of their origin.
		Iranian President Mohammad Khatami yesterday said he had told his government to ensure that Nobel peace prize-winning lawyer Shirin Ebadi could continue her work without disruption.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1038944/posts (11384 words)

	Iranian President arrives in Muscat
		Muscat, Oct 6, IRNA -- Visiting Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami arrived in the Omani capital city of Muscat on Wednesday on the last leg of his three-nation tour.
		President Khatami's visit to Oman, taking place at the invitation of Omani Sultan Qaboos, will prepare grounds for further bolstering of Tehran-Muscat relations.
		During his visit to Muscat, the Iranian president is scheduled to discuss regional and international developments as well as ways for reinvigorating bilateral cooperation with senior Omani officials.
	www.payvand.com /news/04/oct/1051.html (159 words)

	Iranian.com - Letters
		I am sure I am speaking on behalf of all Iranians (or perhaps the world) to say that unless these so called "leaders" realize the hardship and barbaric acts they are inflicting on the ordinary perople around the world (sometimes in the name of "democracy"), there is no end to this havoc.
		They are the reason the Iranian immigrant communities all over Europe and the US can not help the Iranian dissidents, or even communicate with them.
		Iranians should DEMONSTRATE against the Embassies of the IRI as was the case in Toronto.
	www.iranian.com /letters.html (3629 words)

	Regarding the Television Address of Iranian President Khatami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A clear commitment to the rule of law in human affairs, as was strongly emphasized by President Khatami, appears to represent a most encouraging development, one which the Bahá'í community welcomes warmly.
		There can be no better evidence of the Iranian Government's commitment to this principle than the emancipation of our co-religionists in Iran from the persecution that has long oppressed them, as called for in the recent United Nations General Assembly resolution (A/RES/52/142).
		A: The clearest expression of what the Iranian authorities should do can be found in the United Nations General Assembly resolution (A/RES/52/142) of 12 December 1997, calling for the emancipation of the Bahá'í Community of Iran.
	www.bahai-library.com /?file=uhj_khatami_cnn.html (813 words)

	CNN.com - Iranian president visiting Russia - March 12, 2001
		Khatami -- the first Iranian leader to visit the country in nearly 40 years -- was met on arrival in Moscow by Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov.
		He was due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov in talks expected to focus on military co-operation, the oil and gas riches of the Caspian Sea -- which both countries border -- and Russia's help in building a nuclear power plant in Iran.
		The Kremlin talks are also expected to yield an accord setting the basis for relations and the issuing of a statement on the future of the Caspian Sea.
	www.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/03/12/khatami.russia/index.html (454 words)

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