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Mohammad Khatami (Persian: سید محمد خاتمی, romanized: Mohammad Khātami, pronounced [mohæmˈmæde xɒːtæˈmiː] ⓘ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian reformist politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005.
May 21, 2024 · Mohammad Khatami (born September 29, 1943, Ardakān, Iran) is an Iranian political leader and cleric, who as president of Iran (1997–2005) emboldened reformists who sought to moderate the country’s policies on social issues and foreign affairs.
Khatami's main research field is political philosophy. One of Khatami's academic mentors was Javad Tabatabaei, an Iranian political philosopher. Later on Khatami became a University lecturer at Tarbiat Modarres University, where he taught political philosophy. Khatami also published a book on political philosophy in 1999.
17 hours ago · Pezeshkian entered politics first as the country’s deputy health minister and later as the health minister under the administration of reformist President Mohammad Khatami. Almost immediately, he found himself involved in the struggle between hard-liners and reformists, attending the autopsy of Zahra Kazemi, a freelance photographer who held both Canadian and Iranian citizenship.
May 20, 2024 · It means the system is dead,” said Mohammad Ali Shabani, an Iran analyst and editor of Amwaj, an independent online media outlet that focuses on Iran, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula.
May 23, 2013 · Sixteen years ago on May 23, 1997, reformist cleric Mohammad Khatami surprised the country and the world with a massive upset victory in the election to succeed then-president Ali Akbar Hashemi...
This article discusses the political life of Seyed Mohammad Khatami. He was appointed to his first prominent government position in 1982 as the minister of culture and Islamic guidance by the Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi.
BBC News Online profiles Iran's President Mohammad Khatami, the overwhelming favourite in the country's presidential elections on 8 June. Mohammad Khatami arrived on the political scene in...
Mar 17, 2009 · A mid-ranking cleric, Mohammad Khatami showed a moderate tone within Iran and with regards to the West, when president of Iran from 1997 to 2005.
2 days ago · Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times. Two candidates, a reformist and an ultraconservative, will face off in Iran’s runoff presidential election on Friday, amid record-low voter turnout and ...
6 days ago · A physician by profession, Pezeshkian served as the health minister under reformist President Mohammad Khatami from 2001 to 2005 and has held a seat in parliament since 2008.
Dec 7, 2022 · Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami has urged the current government to be more lenient with protesters, amid ongoing nationwide demonstrations representing the biggest challenge to the ...
1 day ago · During the period when the reformist Mohammad Khatami was President (1997-2005) there was some support for women and university students. He was followed in the presidency by hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-13) who was not from the clergy, but conservative nonetheless. Subsequently, reformist Hassan Rouhani (2013-21) came to power, followed by Raisi (2021-24), who was considered a hardliner.
11 hours ago · Pezeshkian entered politics first as the country's deputy health minister and later as the health minister under the administration of reformist President Mohammad Khatami. Almost immediately, he found himself involved in the struggle between hard-liners and reformists, attending the autopsy of Zahra Kazemi, a freelance photographer who held both Canadian and Iranian citizenship.
Dec 6, 2022 · Mohammad Khatami, 79, said the "beautiful slogan" of "woman, life, freedom" showed Iranian society was moving towards a better future. He also criticised arrests of students in the security...
Feb 5, 2023 · Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has joined opposition figure and ex-Prime Minister Mir Hossein Musavi in calls for political change as the country continues to be stricken with ...
5 days ago · Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf got 3.3 million votes, while Shiite cleric Mostafa Pourmohammadi received more than 206,000 votes. ... Rouhani and Mohammad Khatami, Pezeshkian has been ...
Mohammad Khatami is a strong advocate of "Islamic republic" or an original Iranian form of administration. In a speech on 11 October 2009, he warned that oppression of his allies and reformists will lead to emergence of those who are against Islamic republic constitution.
1 day ago · The run-off will be contested by Saeed Jalili and Masoud Pezeshkian. Jalili is mostly known internationally for his role in handling the Iranian nuclear file between 2007 and 2012, when he was the ...
May 1, 2002 · On May 26, 1997, Iranians overwhelmingly elected Muhammad Khatami to be the fifth president of the Islamic Republic. Khatami won nearly 70 percent of the vote in elections marked by 80 percent turnout.
Feb 10, 2009 · After his two-term stint as President of Iran that ended in 2005, Mohammed Khatami appears reluctantly ready for act three. Known as the most liberal... TIME Logo
17 hours ago · At an open-air stadium elsewhere in the capital, Pezeshkian made the case for "unity and cohesion", his supporters' chants invoking another former president -- the reformist Mohammad Khatami who ...
Jan 2, 2018 · Ex-president and former PM of Iran speak out in favor of political reform. Mohammad Khatami says he is seeing ‘widespread discontent’ among citizens, while Mir Hossein Mousavi says Iranians ...
1 day ago · Former president Mohammad Khatami, along with other reformist figures, has rallied behind Pezeshkian, urging voters to head to the polls in large numbers to “avoid making the situation worse ...
Seyed Mohammad Khatami, the fifth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was born in Ardakan, in the central Province of Yazd in 1943. Son of respected Ayatollah Ruhollah Khatami, President Khatami finished his early school years in his homeland.
TEHRAN — Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami and former premier Mir Hossein Mousavi have both called for political changes amid the protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa...
Jalili's rally echoed with chants of “All Iran says Jalili” at the Grand Mosalla mosque, while Pezeshkian's event stirred excitement with calls of “Long live Khatami, long live Pezeshkian ...
Mohammad Khatami was elected as the President of Iran in 1997 after having based his campaign on a reform program promising implementation of a democratic and more tolerant society, the rule of law and improvement of social rights. After taking office, Khatami faced fierce opposition from his powerful opponents within the unelected institutions ...
17 hours ago · Reformist figures including former president Mohammad Khatami have rallied behind Pezeshkian. Khatami urged voters to head to the polls in large numbers to “avoid making the situation worse ...
Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami introduced the idea of Dialogue Among Civilizations as a response to Samuel P. Huntington's theory of a Clash of Civilizations.
Arteshbod Mohammad Amir Khatami (Persian: محمدامیر خاتمی) (1920 – 12 September 1975), CVO, was the commander of the Imperial Iranian Air Force, advisor to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the second husband of Fatemeh Pahlavi, half-sister of the Shah.
