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	Shia News \| Asia \| Khatemi offers to resign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Iran's President Mohammad Khatemi said he would resign if people wanted him to, a newspaper reported Saturday, as his reformist government faced growing criticism for failing to tackle hard-line mullahs.
		Khatemi proposed two key reform bills to curb influence of extremist mullahs over the electoral process and the judiciary, which has closed down more than 90 reformist publications and jailed scores of journalists in the last three years.
		Khatemi said the closure of pro-democracy publications, the arrest of dozens of prominent intellectuals and writers and closed trials without jury were open violations of the constitution.
	www.shianews.com /hi/asia/news_id/0001735.php (484 words)

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		Khatemi's 3-to-1 margin was a stunning defeat for Nateq-Nouri, who had been groomed for the job as the Speaker of the Majlis and enjoyed the active support of the much of the clerical establishment.
		Khatemi won despite consistent harassment and disruption of his campaign by Ansar-e Hezbollah, the latest of which were the closing down of his campaign headquarters in Tehran and the cancellation of a rally in a sport stadium two days before the vote.
		Khatemi's headquarters were said to be in violation of election laws banning the use of state funds and facilities for political campaigns, since the building was owned by Tehran's municipality, which is headed by the capital's pro-Khatemi mayor.
	www.iran.org /news/970529.htm (3226 words)

	[Islam-Online- Top News]
		The landslide gave president Khatemi the mandate to carry out his program of social, political and economic reforms that was repeatedly stymied by the outgoing conservative majority in the assembly.
		Khatemi's brother Mohammad-Reza -- the standard-bearer of the reform movement running in his first campaign -- was the top vote-getter in the capital and now stands a credible chance of becoming the parliamentary speaker.
		Khatemi paid brief homage to his predecessor Rafsanjani, a moderate who hitched his wagon to the conservatives for this campaign, but there can be no doubting Iran has entered the era of reform.
	www.islamonline.net /iol-english/dowalia/special-6/nrep1.asp (507 words)

	Iran Seeks Peaceful Resolution To Nuclear Issue, Khatemi Says - August 25, 2006 - The New York Sun
		Khatemi said neither the European Union-led offer of incentives nor Iran's response were ideal, the official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told reporters on condition of anonymity.
		Khatemi said negotiations are needed to solve the problem and he hopes Japan will convey Iran's wishes to America and the European Union, according to the official.
		Khatemi, a reformist who was president from 1997 until last year, met Mr.
	www.nysun.com /article/38533 (556 words)

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		Mohammad Khatemi's upset victory over Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri in the Islamic Republic's presidential election is especially significant since he was supported by the clerical regime's leader Ali Khamene'i.
		Khatemi pledged to increase social freedom, respect civil liberties, and solve the problems of rampant inflation and high unemployment.
		Khatemi must either confront the regime's repressive leaders and organs, in order to carry out his promises, or ignore the promises and continue the bankrupt policies of the regime.
	www.marzeporgohar.org /old/main/namir/election.htm (2002 words)

	Shia News \| Asia \| Khatami orders probe into recent wave of crackdown on press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Khatemi insisted, calling on the two ministers to "immediately and seriously investigate" a wave of arrests.
		Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi admitted on Wednesday that a Canadian Female journalist who died after her arrest here last month had suffered a "brain haemorrhage caused by a beating".
		Abtahi, a moderate reformist, also made the dramatic claim that the death of 54-year-old Zahra Kazemi was linked to wave of arrests carried out under the supervision of hard-line Mullahs seeking to undermine and suppress the embattled pro-reform camp and growing public demand of freedom and security.
	www.shianews.com /hi/asia/news_id/0001744.php (546 words)

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		In his first major address to the nation since his May 23 election, Mohammad Khatemi told a crowd at the June 5th commemoration of Ayatollah Khomeini's 15th Khordad expulsion from Iran in 1963, that the government must respect the rule of law, and that the "civil society" in Iran must be further developed.
		One of Khatemi's first acts as president-elect was to reassure the regime and its clerical supporters, by opening a congress in Tehran on the revival of Islamic thought under Khomeini.
		Nevertheless, Khatemi also got in a subtle at Khamene'i, saying that in Khomeini's view an individual has the right to determine his fate and is not expected to merely obey the orders of the authorities.
	www.iran.org /news/970616.htm (3316 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Hezbollah shops plan to organize in Iraq?
		During the two-day visit to Damascus of Iran's leader Mohammad Khatemi, President Bashar Assad promised Syria would resist a U.S. request to curb Hezbollah, according to G2 Bulletin's Israeli intelligence sources.
		Khatemi arrived in Syria following a three-day visit to Lebanon, where he was greeted and followed by tens of thousands of Shiites.
		Khatemi met with Hezbollah leadership and promised them his country is standing firmly behind them.
	worldnetdaily.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32624 (496 words)

	1998 Turkey report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The sweeping provisions of the press law empower the state to fine, censor, or imprison outspoken journalists for publishing "false information" or news that "harms national interests." The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Affairs actively monitors publications to ensure that journalists abide by the law.
		Still, the May election of reformist cleric Mohammad Khatemi as president was cause for a modest degree of optimism.
		Faraj Sarkoohi, the imprisoned editor in chief of the monthly literary magazine Adineh, was freed on January 28, 1998, after serving a one-year sentence imposed in September for "spreading propaganda." The charge stemmed from a letter he smuggled out of Iran, describing his detention and torture in 1996.
	www.cpj.org /attacks97/mideast/iran.html (266 words)

	Iran's New Conservative President Makes Reformists Nervous
		In 1997, Iran's reformists were overjoyed when Mohammad Khatemi won a surprise victory in the presidential race.
		Khatemi, who was repeatedly frustrated by conservatives who blocked his reform efforts, handed power over to the most conservative of the seven candidates who ran in June's presidential race.
		Azadeh Moaveni, the Iranian-American author of Lipstick Jihad, which looks at social reform among the young in the Khatemi years, says the movement is not a single entity, but a loose amalgamation of groups and factions.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/ez/2005-08-03-voa37.html (605 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In Tehran, Minister Quliyev met with President of Iran Mohammad Khatemi, President of Parliament Nateg Nuri, Minister of foreign affairs Kamal Kharrazi, Minister for co-operation Morteza Hadji, Minister for urban development Ali Abdulalizadeh, Minister for industry Gulamreza Shafei, Governor of the province of Eastern Azerbaijan Yahya Mohammadzadeh and other government officials.
		During the meeting with President Khatemi Minister Quliyev presented to President Khatemi the letter of President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev.
		President Khatemi noted that he is looking forward to seeing President of Azerbaijan in Iran on an official visit and expressed his hope that this visit will mark a new stage in the Azerbaijani-Iranian relations.
	www.azembvienna.at /release/2000-06.doc (365 words)

	Iran Reformists Say They Are Down, But Not Out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The election of a hard-line conservative to the Iranian presidency last year was a shock for reformists, who had been hoping for a more liberal successor to former President Mohammad Khatemi.
		Mohammad Atrianfar, editor of the reformist newspaper Sharq and an associate of political leader and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, says the reformists are like a caged animal in hibernation.
		Mohammad Atrianfar says inept and inefficient economic policies will do what the reformists could not.
	128.11.143.113 /english/2006-07-13-voa44.cfm (480 words)

	Brief on Iran, No. 667
		Mohammad Khatami won the presidential elections… Before the European Union happily sends its ambassadors off to Tehran, or The Hugh decides to return Iranian asylum seekers, it must be noted that first: we absolutely cannot speak of a free elections since, according to clerical leaders, out of 238 candidate only four were qualified.
		PARIS–A French media rights watchdog urged Iran's incoming President Mohammad Khatemi on Wednesday to release an Iranian editor arrested last month for trying to leave the country illegally.
		Faraj Sarkuhi, editor of the monthly Adineh (Friday), alleged in a letter smuggled out of Iran that he was held for six weeks and tortured by the Iranian secret service in Tehran late last year to force him to confess to spying for Germany….
	www.iran-e-azad.org /english/boi/06670530_97.html (632 words)

	[Islam-Online- Top News]
		The two camps are headed by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who as the Supreme Leader enjoys the "divine right" to rule the country, and President Ayatollah Mohammad Khatemi who wants to "reform" the system by acquiring more rights for the elected government.
		The conservative camp comprises a coalition of 15 groups of which the most prominent is the "Association of Combatant Clergy." The star conservative candidate is former President Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, who, due to his moderate credentials, also enjoys the support of some reformists.
		In a country where 70% of the population is urban-based and 60% are below the age of 25, it puts the front in an obviously advantageous position.
	www.islamonline.net /IOL-English/dowalia/news-18-2-2000/topnews1.asp (1039 words)

	What could facilitate and help moderates in Iran
		Having a moderate as Iran's president is a very positive step in the direction of easing the lives of our people.
		We didn't find Khatemi to be our ideal candidate, but there was no doubt that he was a much better alternative than Majlis Speaker Nateq-Nouri.
		We understood that Khatemi would have a very hard time implementing change in Iran if the U.S. continued its very aggressive and counterproductive policy of isolating Iran.
	www.arizonapersian.com /iranopinion/_disc8/00000146.htm (926 words)

	News Briefs II
		Iranian President Mohammad Khatemi, whose country stands on the brink of war with Afghanistan's dominant Taliban movement, appealed to the United Nations Monday to bring all the feuding Afghan factions into negotiations to permit "the tyrannized and destitute Afghan people to freely determine their own destiny."
		With 200,000 Iranian troops massed on the Afghan frontier, Khatemi spoke to the annual opening of the U.N. General Assembly as foreign ministers or their deputies from eight countries, including the United States, met on the sidelines here to seek ways of preventing the Afghan civil war from escalating into cross-border conflict with Iran.
		The meeting ended in agreement to ask Lakhdar Brahimi, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's special envoy, to go back to Afghanistan to seek ways of stimulating a dialogue and to call on the Taliban to permit an international investigation of the killing of Iranian diplomats and punish those responsible.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V118/N43/shorts23.43w.html (832 words)

	FAS Email Archives -- Missile Defense Monitor
		Khatemi, a former culture minister linked with earlier moderation efforts during the 1980s, won handily, due in part to support from the 50 percent of Iran's population born after the 1979 revolution.
		Although the size of his victory perhaps shows a shift toward "moderation," it is too early to tell where the new president will take Iran.
		The plan, which will be completed for the Secretary by mid- July, will provide for the integration of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the United States Information Agency with the Department of State.
	www.fas.org /MHonArc/BMDList_archive/msg00181.html (2202 words)

	The Iranian: News & Views
		Khatemi this week told Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, who was in Tehran, that he planned to visit the kingdom ``in the near future'' to see the Islamic holy sites and meet Saudi leaders.
		Meanwhile, on the domestic front, Iranian newspapers today quoted Khatemi as saying Tehran ``should respect the views of the opposition as long as their expression is within the constitution.''
		Khatemi, Iran's first reformist president in 20 years, said ``It is impossible to forcefully push out the opposition,'' adding that the Iranian constitution ``secures the rights of everyone.
	www.iranian.com /News/April99/visit.html (263 words)

	Ain-Al-Yaqeen - March 18, 2005 - Article 10
		Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard, received a message from Iranian president Mohammad Khatemi.
		Upon leaving Morocco, Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz sent a cable of thanks to King Mohammad VI of Morocco for the hospitality he received during his private visit to Morocco.
		Asked if he would discuss an oil grant during the visit, Sheikh Mohammad noted there is economic and political cooperation on several levels.
	www.ain-al-yaqeen.com /issues/20050318/feat10en.htm (3101 words)

	Electronic Briefing Book: Declassified documents on Iran and the U.S.
		President Mohammad Khatemi’s surprise landslide victory in May 1997 reflected strong grassroots demands to rejuvenate Iran’s post-revolutionary policies, and the new moderate leader has responded, even reaching out to the United States with a compelling call for a "dialogue of civilizations".
		Instead, both President Khatemi and President Clinton have promoted private, non-governmental contacts as a way to crack the ice that has shrouded the two countries’ interactions for the past two decades.
		Prior to the 1979 hostage-taking episode, the most contentious issue in U.S.-Iran relations was the 1953 coup against Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq, which the CIA and British intelligence helped to instigate.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB21/index.html (1391 words)

	Iran's President Flexes Political Muscle in Nuclear Issue Persian Journal Latest Iran News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hooshang Amirahmadi says President Ahmadinejad is using presidential power far more effectively than any of his predecessors, including the reformist-minded Mohammad Khatemi.
		Ahmadinejad was the mayor of Tehran and a local politician with no national experience when he stunned observers by winning the presidential election one year ago.
		"Under Khatemi's government (the strategy was) let's not get sanctioned, let's not get isolated, even if that means our nuclear program advances very slowly or not at all," Katzman says.
	www.iranian.ws /iran_news/publish/printer_16143.shtml (826 words)

	29. Deutscher Orientalistentag - Abstract-The US Iranian Relations After 11 September 2001
		Prior to September 11, the reasons for the United States to continue a policy of firmness towards Iran were as follows: Iran’s weapons programs, Iran’s opposition to Israel and the peace process, terrorism, Iran’s hegemonial ambitions in the Middle East, particularly toward Shi’ite Muslim populations.
		President Mohammad Khatemi’s June 2001 re-election offered a number of opportunities for US policy towards Iran.
		Nevertheless, Iranians’ expression of deep sympathy for the victims of September 11 was a real opportunity for improving relations.
	www.dot2004.de /programm.php?abstract=485 (424 words)

	China and Iran
		President Seyyed Mohammad Khatemi, Speaker Ali Akabar Nataq Nuri and Vice President Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani held separate meetings with him.
		From June 22 to 26, at the invitation of President Jiang Zeming, President Seyyed Mohammad Khatemi Paid a state visit to China.
		The Iranian President was met respectively by President of CPPCC Li Ruihuan and Premier Zhu Rongji.
	www.fmprc.gov.cn /eng/wjb/zzjg/xybfs/gjlb/2818/t16314.htm (1347 words)

	Statement of Solidarity with the Iranian Students Fighting the Autocratic Regime of Khamenei/Khatemi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		His clear position on the revolt, however, has now made his true colors apparent for all those who are willing to face the truth.
		Nevertheless, in the guise of moderation, Khatemi actually represented a trap designed to retain the grip of the ayatollahs over the nation.
		Secondly, the general limitation of the slogans and aims of the demonstrations to democratic demands alone ignored the need to link the student struggle to the economic and social needs of the toiling masses of Iran.
	www.lrp-cofi.org /archive/Iran.html (577 words)

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