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		Iranian Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi announced the resignation of some ministers in protest over the disqualification of electoral candidates by the country's Guardians Council.
		Abtahi, one of six vice-president's in Iran's cabinet, speaking after a cabinet meeting, said the officials would quit unless the powerful conservatives who drew up the fllist back down in what has been seen as a bid to purge the regime of moderates, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
		Abtahi said with the current levels of disqualifications, it was impossible for reformers to contest 180 out of the 290 seats in the Majlis.
	www.masnet.org /aroundworld.asp?id=850 (931 words)

	Mohammad Ali Abtahi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abtahi is a member of the central council of Militant Clerics Society (Majma'e Rowhaniyoon-e Mobarez), the political party which both Mohammad Khatami and Mehdi Karroubi (the previous Speaker of Majlis of Iran) belong to.
		Abtahi was the Iranian Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs from September 2, 2001 to October 12, 2004.
		Abtahi is married to Fahimeh Mousavinezhad (daughter of one of his professors) and has three daughters, named Fa’ezeh, Fatemeh, and Farideh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Abtahi (338 words)

	Mohammad Ali Abtahi Information
		Hojjat ol-Eslam Seyyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi (Persian: محمدعلی ابطحی) (born January 28, 1960 in Mashhad) is an Iranian (Persian) politician, close to former President Mohammad Khatami.
		Abtahi is a member of the central council of Militant Clerics Society (Majma'e Rowhaniyoon-e Mobarez), the political party which both Mohammad Khatami and Mehdi Karroubi (the previous Speaker of Majlis of Iran) belong to.
		Abtahi was the Iranian Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs from September 2, 2001 to October 12, 2004.
	www.bookrags.com /Mohammad_Ali_Abtahi (355 words)

	[Interview with Former Iranian Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi]
		Abtahi to be his Chief Secretary and later his Vice President.
		It is this attraction to cultural dialogue that influenced Mohammad Ali Abtahi to participate as a guest speaker at the IRLA 2007 Congress in
		Abtahi disagrees with a fellow speaker’s comments on why religion and state ought to be separated.
	www.irla.org /congress/doc/abtahi.html (448 words)

	Khatami and his Internal Reforms (Rooz Online) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Abtahi: I do not agree with the way the elections were held and their results, but this does not mean the reformist idea which pursued personal and political freedoms should be discarded.
		Abtahi: It is clear that the President is not the leader of the opposition.
		Abtahi: Continue the work of the past and organize institutions with similar views, using the experience of the past eight years and the support of the common goals.
	roozonline.com /11english/008864.shtml (1146 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But presidential adviser Mohammad Ali Abthai has turned the practice of writing Internet journals, or (we) blogging, into a powerful tool against the reformist government's hardline foes and a means to reach out to the country's disenchanted youth.
		Soon after their release Abtahi revealed details of their treatment in prison where they were kept in solitary confinement, subjected to physical and psychological torture and forced to write confessions admitting to their crimes.
		Abtahi recently had to move his own Web site to a server in the United States after a series of problems he believes were related to his writings about the webloggers case.
	yaleglobal.yale.edu /article.print?id=5288 (990 words)

	Mohammad Ali Abtahi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mohammad Ali Abtahi (Persian: محمدعلی ابطحی;) (born January 28, 1960 in Mashhad) is the Iranian Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs since September 2, 2001.
		Previously, he was the Iranian president's Mohammad Khatami's office manager from July 10, 1997 to September 1, 2001.
		Abtahi is married to Fahimeh Mousavinezhad and has three daughters, named Fa'ezeh, Fatemeh, and Farideh.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/mohammad_ali_abtahi (184 words)

	Zahra Kazemi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is widely believed she was beaten to death; after initial denials, Iranian government sources (including Mohammad Ali Abtahi, the Vice President of Legal Affairs and Masoud Pezeshkian, the Minister of Health and Medical Education) later admitted that she had died of a fractured skull as a result of being hit in the head.
		Abtahi claims that he was under a lot of pressure to take back the acknowlegement, but he resisted it.
		The lawyers also quoted the official report of death that various of parts of Kazemi's body had been damaged and her clothes were torn and bloody, which proves that she had been tortured.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zahra_Kazemi (1783 words)

	The Exceptionalist: Mohammad Ali Abtahi: Blogger, Hipster, Libertarian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Abtahi) lost control of Parliament last year after hard line officials disqualified most of their candidates and many disgruntled voters (who are unsatisfied with the pace of progress under the reformers) stayed away from the polls.
		Abtahi discovered a huge gap between government officials in Iran and the younger generation, which is dissatisfied with the reformers progress.
		Abtahi addresses serious topics -- such as a recent report about j journalists and bloggers who were jailed (and beaten) in the fall of last year.
	rubytarbles.typepad.com /exceptionalist/2005/01/mohammad_ali_ab.html (442 words)

	mohammad ali abtahi - June 16, 2004 [blog of the day]
		mohammad ali abtahi - June 16, 2004 [blog of the day]
		mohammad ali abtahi: the weblog of a shia muslim cleric who is one of Iran's six vice presidents.
		Posted by arthur coddington at June 16, 2004 10:22 AM
	www.shrednow.com /botd/archives/004697.html (124 words)

	Parliamentary row in Iran forces ministers to resign - Jan. 23, 2004
		Despite the protest, President Mohammad Khatami expressed confidence his showdown with conservatives over the elections was heading toward a settlement and pledged to carry on in his job.
		Abtahi, speaking after a cabinet meeting, said the officials would quit unless the powerful conservatives who drew up the fllist back down in what has been seen as a bid to purge the regime of moderates.
		Nor did Abtahi, an outspoken reformer who is believed to be among those ready to step down, say whether a deadline had been set.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2004/jan/23/wnw_4-1.htm (548 words)

	THE CABINET IS SERIOUS ABOUT RESIGNATION
		TEHRAN 21 Jan. (IPS) Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Ali Abtahi said Wednesday that entire government of the beleaguered Mohammad Khatami is ready to resign if the Council of the Guardians did not review its decision to stop reformist candidates to enter the next elections for the Majles.
		Abtahi, a vice-president for Parliamentary and Legal Affairs told reporters at the end of a cabinet meeting.
		Abtahi did not say which one of the officials have resigned, but according to some reports, at least six ministers have submitted their resignation, in the expectation that in case the next Majles is controlled again by the conservatives, Khatami would be forced to reshuffle his government, introducing new ministers acceptable to new lawmakers.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles_2004/Jan_04/iran_disqualifications_21104.htm (631 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But he said those concerned would stay in their jobs to await the outcome of the re-examination of its candidate fllist by the Guardians Council, the conservative political watchdog that has moved to bar large numbers of reformers from contesting the February 20 parliamentary polls.
		Abtahi, an outspoken reformer who is also believed to be among those ready to step down, did not say whether the ministers and vice-presidents had set a deadline.
		Abtahi said that with the current levels of disqualifications, it was impossible for reformers to contest even 180 out of the 290 seats in the Majlis.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english?id=8586=8586&format=0 (355 words)

	Winds of Change.NET: Full text of the Cicero article on Iran
		In truth, the Mullah Mohammad Ali Abtahi, at 47, is still a fairly young man. One who, many years ago, looked at the world and the future full of vitality and confidence, with a full, chubby-cheeked face and wily eyes, from which a mischievous gleam constantly seemed to flash.
		Abtahi groped his way through this truth during the hours of the conversation on this October day; he talked around it cautiously, weary and resigned.
		Mohammad Ali Abtahi cannot voice this truth, however, because he is a Mullah.
	www.windsofchange.net /archives/full_text_of_the_cicero_article_on_iran-print.php (2743 words)

	Abtahi says Iran firm in continuing talks with IAEA
		Talking to reporters after weekly cabinet meeting, Abtahi regretted the IAEA`s recent resolution against Iran despite Tehran`s extensive cooperation with the agency, saying different strategies should be worked out for cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.
		Elsewhere in the interview, Abtahi said that government has done its due job in the case of the late Iranian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, who died of brain hemorrhage in June in process of interrogation.
		Abtahi said the Iranian people are interested to see a national case being dealt with more speedily and with more transparency based on logical and firm proofs and evidences.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iran/2003/iran-030917-irna03.htm (357 words)

	gooya news :: english : An Iranian Cleric Turns Blogger for Reform, By NAZILA FATHI, NYTimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a vice president of Iran until his resignation last fall in protest against the new hard-line Parliament, is that rare reformist who has kept alive the movement's promise for open communications with the public.
		Abtahi, a midranking cleric who has been a close ally and confidant of President Mohammad Khatami, has kept a Web log to share his views and reach out to others who use the Internet.
		Abtahi spends much of his time in his office in the heart of an affluent neighborhood in northern Tehran chatting electronically with young secular men and women who sometimes sarcastically question his sincerity.
	news.gooya.com /english/archives/022185.php (930 words)

	Iranian vice president resigns, saying he cannot work with hard-line parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mohammad Ali Abtahi first tendered his resignation in February, but it was not accepted.
		Abtahi was vice president for legal and parliamentary affairs, one of several vice presidents.
		Abtahi originally tried to resign after hard-liners in the Iranian establishment managed to disqualify hundreds of reformist candidates from running in the parliamentary elections.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/12/international1027EDT0486.DTL (222 words)

	Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East
		Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Ali Abtahi, the vice president in charge of parliamentary and legal affairs, announced on Monday that he had submitted his resignation from the government and was waiting for the president to accept it.
		A fearless critic of the hardliners with whom he often clashed, Abtahi was the first official to disclose that Canadian-Iranian photographer Zahra Kazemi had been murdered in custody after her arrest in June 2003, triggering a series of head-on confrontations between the leader-controlled judiciary and the executive branch of government.
		Abtahi's decision came a day after the majlis, during its October 3 session, impeached by a large majority Road and Transportation Minister Ahmad Khorram, charging him with mismanagement, corruption, abuse of power, a spate of road and air accidents and favoring foreign firms in handing out government contracts.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/FJ08Ak01.html (935 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Iranian cleric says, does it his way with witty Web site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Abtahi, 46, does things clerics don't do, at least publicly: He talks about his friends, makes fun of his rivals and opines on anything from Iranian politics to his weight.
		Conservative newspapers regularly accuse Abtahi of demeaning his political post and his religious rank (he is a hojatoleslam, one level below an ayatollah).
		Abtahi pokes fun at himself and often posts photos that highlight his portly shape.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2001877288_iran12.html (575 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mohammad Ali Abtahi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hojjat ol-Eslam Seyyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi (Persian: ÙØÙØ¯Ø¹ÙÛ Ø§Ø¨Ø·ØÛ) (born January 28, 1960 in Mashhad) is an Iranian politician, presently an Advisor to the President.
		Mohammad Reza Khatami Seyyed Mohammad Reza Khatami (محمد رضا خاتمی), also known as Reza Khatami (born in 1959 in Ardakan), is an Iranian politician.
		This is a list of current Iranian officials with their titles, last checked and updated on October 12, 2004: Heads Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader Mohammad Khatami, President Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, Speaker of Majlis Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Head of the Judiciary Branch Ahmad Jannati, Chairman of the Guardian Council Ali...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mohammad-Ali-Abtahi (925 words)

	Bin Laden does not represent Muslims, says Abtahi - Irna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Abtahi, who served as vice-president, chief of staff and adviser during Mohammad Khatami's presidency, said that by the same token US President George Bush and Israeli leader Ariel Sharon do not represent Christianity and Judaism.
		He suggested that such events as September 11, the bombings of the London and Madrid as well as the continued occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq by the U.S. forces indicated the prospect for civilizational dialogue was grim.
		Abtahi warned that problems cannot be solved by violence and people cannot solve their problems using violence "because violence breeds violence but dialogue creates peace and stability based on rationality."
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-234/0510191100172949.htm (426 words)

	Abtahi: Iran`s nuclear technology peaceful, transparent
		Abtahi told reporters that decision on Iran`s accession to additional protocol of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is too difficult and one of the important challenges facing the country in the post-Islamic Revolution era.
		Asked which facility the IAEA experts planned to inspect during their visit, Abtahi said based on the NPT additional protocol there is not restriction for the IAEA experts` visit.
		As for the return of Canadian Ambassador to Tehran and the process of Iranian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi`s death case, Abtahi said Kazemi`s death has been one of the catastrophe that should be investigated transparently.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iran/2003/iran-031001-irna03.htm (374 words)

	The Command Post - Global Recon - Iran Roundup
		Abtahi's remarks marked the first time that the resignations were announced by an Iranian official.
		Abtahi said after a weekly cabinet meeting that many ministers and vice-presidents had already handed in their resignations.
		Abtahi, however, added that a political crisis in the Islamic republic could still be averted if the country's Guardian Council, which has barred almost half the 8,200 aspiring candidates for the February 20 vote, followed the advice of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has called on a thorough revision of the disqualifications.
	www.command-post.org /nk/2_archives/009758.html (1543 words)

	The New York Times > International > Middle East > An Iranian Cleric Turns Blogger for Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a former Iranian vice president who quit in frustration with Parliament, shares cellphone pictures on his blog.
		Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a former Iranian vice president who quit in frustration with Parliament, has kept a Web log to share his views and reach out to others who use the Internet.
		EHRAN, Jan. 15 - Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a vice president of Iran until his resignation last fall in protest against the new hard-line Parliament, is that rare reformist who has kept alive the movement's promise for open communications with the public.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/01/16/international/middleeast/16iran.html?ex=1263531600&en=7ca5a40ddda25256&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt (1055 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Iran expresses support
		Mohammad Ali Abtahi called for the Palestinian issue to take top priority for both the Arab and Muslim worlds and at the summit.
		Abtahi, whose country has been accused by US President George W. Bush of membership in an “axis of evil,” added that American lawmakers were overlooking the interests of the US public and adopting positions influenced by Israel, which he said was the “main problem of the Muslim world.”
		Abtahi declined to comment on Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah’s recent proposal calling for an Israeli-Arab peace based on a withdrawal from Occupied Territory, saying he and Lahoud did not discuss the issue as Iran was waiting for more details.
	www.lebanonwire.com /aa-lebanon/02032011DS.htm (278 words)

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