Khatami

Source: www.memritv.org --- 14 days ago
Channel 1 (Iran) - Duration: 00:04:30 - August 15, 2008 ...

Source: www.payvand.com --- 26 days ago
Back in 2001, when Khatami was in his second term as the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, I wrote a piece in Iranian.com, titled "Slowly but surely", on why I voted for him. As expected it was criticized by some and approved by others. In that article, I posed a question that asked "Are we better off now compared to four years ago or not? " -Mehdi Amini ...

Source: blogs.reuters.com --- 59 days ago
In the late 1990s, not long after pro-reform politician Mohammad Khatami swept to a landslide victory in the Iranian presidential elections, some Western observers started wondering if this was the step that would herald a collapse of the Islamic Republic — rather like the Soviet Union tumbled on Mikhail Gorbachev’s watch a decade earlier. It was [...] ...

Source: corner.nationalreview.com --- 25 days ago
[Thanks to Ali Alfoneh for his compilation; (E) signifies English link] Economy According to Sarmayeh, thirty percent of private firms have gone bankrupt during the past year.Central Bank director general Tahmasb Mazaheri explains the state of the Islamic Republic's monetary policies and says he would invest his money in private bank, but not in state-owned enterprises. He also acknowledges that Gharz al-Hassaneh [interest free loans] in some cases becomes Gharz-e Pasndeh [Loans not in need of repayment]. Video. Minister of Cooperatives comments on statistics about applicants for housing in Iran.Housing minister announces the government's resolve in fighting speculation in the housing sector. Jariani, spokesman of the industry section of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mining, says Iran's industry suffers from power blackouts.The Islamic Republic's Central Bank mints 1000 rial coins.Law Enforcement Forces Chief warns against ethnic unrest propagated by the enemies of the Islamic Republic. The Martyrs Foundation and the Awqaf of Bojnourd involved in property rights dispute.Commander Ghasemi, who heads Khatam al-Anbia Construction Group of the IRGC, declares readiness to enter the housing market. Politics According to a poll, former President Khatami is the preferred presidential candidate among supporters of reform candidates. InteriorPresidential elections dominate annual congress of the Islamic Revolution's Mojahe ...

Source: www.einnews.com --- 46 days ago
... secretly passed to U.S.-backed Contra guerrillas in Nicaragua. At the time, Iran was embroiled in ... gave increasing support to Baghdad. -- Iranian voters swept reform-minded President Mohammad Khatami to power. ... U.S.-Iran tensions have worsened since the 2005 election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has berated ... ...

Source: www.rferl.org --- 36 days ago
The Iranian daily "Kayhan" says that if former President Mohammad Khatami runs for president next year, the Guardians Council would reject his candidacy. The commentary made major headlines in Iran and Radio Farda discussed the impact with analysts. ...

Source: www.news.faithfreedom.org --- 27 days ago
By: Manda Zand-Ervin On June 12th in Iran, nine women - who had called for a protest against the arrest of their friends - were arrested themselves. This demonstration was to have occurred on the anniversary of last year's mass arrests of women activists who had attempted to collect one million signatures against the anti-women laws in Iran. For over a decade, the women of Iran have been using every method of peaceful protest against Shar'ia law, the guiding law of the land, even though the protests were stopped every time they began. As Shar'ia applies to women, these laws restrict - in a draconian way - women's mobility and rights. For example, in Iran, the law oppresses women by such indignities as counting women's testimony as only half that of men, and by such barbarity as stoning women to death for adultery. So it is critical that these brave women prevail in their protest against such cruelty and backwardness. But instead of respectfully observing and noting the protests - like them or not - as politicians do in the United States, the Iranian regime arrested the protest leaders in raids to their homes at 5:00 a.m., beat them up and dragged them to Iranian prisons while all the roads to the planned demonstration location (and to the women) were blocked by paramilitary forces. Iranian women started by voting overwhelmingly for the Mullah Khatami in 1996 who promised them reform but, once he was elected, betrayed them. Since then, ...

Source: blogs.tnr.com --- 63 days ago
Given the amount of media attention paid to Iran and its infamous president in recent weeks, we would do well to keep in mind that Ahmadinejad might not be in power for much longer: Around this time next year, the Islamic Republic will be holding presidential elections, and--according to some --the incumbent Ahmadinejad could suffer a loss at the polls. Who might step in to fill his shoes? According to an article this week from the Tehran Times , former president and reformist Mohammad Khatami is considering entering the race, and has started to garner domestic support for his campaign: Mohammad Khatami who was president from 1997 to 2004 has sent mixed signals about his willingness to run for the next year's presidential election. In a short interview with reporters he said "I have retired". However, in a recent visit to Oslo, Norway, he told reporters, "Unfortunately, in the political sphere there is no retirement ... When we can be active, we will be active."  -- James Martin ...

Source: www.ncr-iran.org --- 33 days ago
By:Reza Shafa The Iranian regime’s Air and Space Organization, part of its Ministry of Defense, along with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unit responsible for the missiles program, are collaborating extensively and secretly in the field of missile technology transfer to Venezuela. The IRGC’s commanders even attended the June 2008 Venezuelan military exercise.During the past 5 years, the Iranian regime has established extensive military and political relations with Venezuela, with its investments in that country totaling roughly 10 billion dollar. Mullahs’ former president, Mohammad Khatami, and their current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have each traveled to Venezuela twice, while the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, has also reciprocated with his own trips to Tehran on a number of occasions. ...

Source: scienceblogs.com --- 23 days ago
This story cracks me up: An Iranian swimmer pulled out of the Olympic Games men's 100m breaststroke heats on Saturday, just minutes before he was due to compete against an Israeli rival. Mohammad Alirezaei's lane one was empty when the field left the starting blocks while Israel's Tom Beeri, starting in lane seven, finished fourth... During the 2004 Athens Olympics, Iran's judo world champion Arash Miresmaeili, one of the country's prominent gold medal hopes, refused to compete against Ehud Vaks of Israel in the first round out of solidarity for the Palestinian cause. Miresmaeili, twice a winner of the flyweight world title, still received a 5,000-dollar award the Iranian National Olympic Committee had promised to medal winners and he was hailed by former President Mohammad Khatami for his stance. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... ...

Source: www.ncr-iran.org --- 11 days ago
By:Kazem KazerounianSource:American ChronicleThe fiasco of the clumsily forged Oxford doctoral diploma of the Iranian interior minister is comically tragic. Unfortunately for the interior Minister Ali Kordan, he will not be able to join the elite group of Dr. Ahmadinejad, Dr. Larijani, Dr. Khatami, Dr. Maleki, Dr. Rezaii, Dr. Motaki, Dr. Jajili and a thousand other officials with a PhD degree any time soon. However this debacle raises the question, why Tehran´s rulers feel the need to carry the title of Doctor to govern? ...

Source: www.come4news.com --- 15 days ago
Le brigadier-général Ali-Reza Askari (ou Asgari - photo) se présentait comme l'un des hommes forts du pouvoir iranien. Membre des Gardes la Révolution, il avait été successivement adjoint du ministre de la Défense et un ancien membre du cabinet du président Mohammed Khatami. Père de six enfants, Askari vivait dans le secret absolu depuis son intégration dans l'armée. Comme beaucoup de généraux arabes, son nom et prénom étaient sans doute des pseudonymes, et ses différentes cartes d'identité et certificats (naissance, études, permis de conduire) indiquaient respectivement 46, 57 ou même 63 ans ! Autant dire qu'il vivait tel un fantôme. Le Mossad, les services secrets extérieurs israéliens, avait entré le nom d'Aaskari sur ses ordinateurs Honeywell (système de stockage informatique à grande capacité) depuis longtemps. Une source israélienne a affirmé au Sunday Times que l'homme était surveillé depuis la fin des années 1980, date à laquelle il servait comme chef des Gardes de la Révolution au Liban. Son profil et ses liens étroits avec le Hezbollah en avaient fait une cible prioritaire pour le Kidon. A terme, il devait être éliminé. Mais l'avenir, toujours aussi imprévisible, allait entraîner Askari dans une tout autre dimension. Reprenons les faits. 2003 : Les Etats-Unis sont sur le point d'entrer en guerre contre l'Irak. Au Moyen-Orient,... ...

Source: ebtekarm.blogspot.com --- 27 days ago
Urban and Rural Councils are a clear manifestation of the democratic processes in Iran. President Khatami made the decision during his first term to finally reinstate the law and perform the nationwide elections in which more than 300,000 Iranians were elected in local councils paving way for the implementation of the Constitution and establishment of the basics of local government and decentralization. The current Government now however, sees the Councils as its rival and competes in limiting the authority of these locally elected bodies. According to legislation passed during the previous government, the state was obliged to delegate its local authority in municipal matters to the Councils , instead they are now narrowing the role and authority of these bodies. In the Tehran City Council we have decided to meet with the people in each district once a week. It is important for us to engage with the people at the local level and with the local authorities. In addition to a 15 person City Council , the Council has held district elections for more than 300 Friends of the Council Groups who are elected in each district for providing advice and oversight and connecting them with citizens at the local levels. This has proved to be a successful experience although there are still shortcomings and problems in terms of the authority delegated to them as well as their budget and plans. Along with some advisors and members of the Environment Comm ...

Source: www.fwicki.com --- 23 days ago
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, seen in 2004 during talks with then Iranian president Mohammad Khatami in Tehran. Iran, watching conflict in the Caucasus unfold virtually on its doorstep, has said it was "ready to offer any help" to end the ... ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 59 days ago
' Mohammad Salamati of the reformist Islamic Revolution Mojahedin Organization declared on Monday that his group will back the candidacy of former reformist president Mohmmad Khatami in 2009 presidential ... ...

Source: hoder.com --- 16 days ago
I'm reading a lot of Derrida and Spivak these days for my dissertation, which would be about voice and silence on the internet, based on my own personal experience in the past few years and the shift in my status in the Iranian diaspora blogosphere from the 'Blogfather' to the 'Public Enemy'. I also have this sketchy idea of defining the subaltern on the Internet. But I haven't given up the temptation to wrote a separate essay with this very sketchy idea of internet subaltern, based on the case of Fatemeh Rajabi, who is a pious woman, a pro-Ahmadinejad commentator and a persistent blogger with an unusually sharp language. She who also happens to be the wife of Gholam-Hossein Elham, the current government's spokesperson and the minister of Justice. My mains interest in her derives from the fact the because o f her sharp prose against Rafsanjani and Khatami, her blog has been filtered ( her older filtered blog ), her website attacked by 'hackers', and her Iranian web hosting provider has also kicked her out. She has also been the subject of terribly sexist and vicious personal attacks by the supporters of Rafsanjani in the from of serious or satirical comments, including the persistent erotic and sexist flow of bad jokes by Ebrahim (Ibrahim) Nabavi . All this, while she has totally been ignored by the loud advocates of free speech or even women's rights. ...