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Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami. Official Website

Political Dispute in Iran after Tightening Restrictions on Khatami

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 9, 2017 | World

London- The reformist faction in the Iranian parliament has protested “new restrictions” imposed on the country’s former president, Mohammad Khatami, calling them “explicit and obvious” violation of articles of the Constitution. Meanwhile, 86 MPs have called upon...

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Reuters file photo: Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, May 3, 2007.

Iran Tightens Restrictions on Ex-President Khatami

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 7, 2017 | World

London- Iran’s opposition said Friday that restrictions have been tightened on reformist former president Mohammad Khatami, barring him from all public meetings for three months.  Khatami has been banned from appearing in the media since mass protests against...

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Did the BBC help overthrow the Shah?

by Amir Taheri | Mar 19, 2014 | Book Reviews

[inset_left]Persian Service: The BBC and British Interests in Iran By Annabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh I.B.Tauris, 226 pages London 2014[/inset_left] “It’s all the work of the English!” Even when said in jest, for many Iranians this popular adage still has a...

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File photo of former Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Mohammad-Reza Aref: It’s too soon to talk about running for parliament

by Manouchehr Dinparast | Feb 6, 2014 | Interviews

Tehran, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mohammad-Reza Aref has long been a familiar name to many Iranians, but it was his role in the presidential election campaign last year that pushed him into the global media spotlight. A former minister of technology and vice-president under...

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In this Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, file photo, Iran’s former reformist President Mohammad Khatami, attends a ceremony organized by his party, a group of pro-reform clerics, in Tehran, Iran, to announce he’ll challenge hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the country’s June 12, 2009, presidential elections. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Opinion: Too popular for his own good?

by Ataollah Mohajerani | Dec 23, 2013 | Opinion

The failure of former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami to attend the funeral of Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg earlier this month raised a big question for me, because Khatami had previously announced that he planned to take part in the ceremony. Ali Akbar Velayati,...