Mohammad Khatami

...pending his appeal, is a senior cleric who served as a minister and vice-president during the reformist administration of President Mohammed Khatami from 1997 to 2005. He became the first Iranian minister to keep a blog, and appeared on the...

In this article: Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Mohammed Khatami, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, Iran, Detainee, and Basij

...the unrest after the disputed June presidential election, Abtahi, who served as a vice president during former President Mohammad Khatami's two terms from 1997-2005, is the most senior former official among the more than 100 people on trial...

In this article: Iran, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Defendant, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, and Associated Press Writer

...accused of fomenting the country's postelection unrest. Mohammad Ali Abtahi, who served as vice president during former President Mohammad Khatami's two terms from 1997-2005, was sentenced to six years in prison, his lawyer said earlier...

In this article: Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Iran, Defendant, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Mahdi Karroubi

Iran's moderate former President Mohammad Khatami continued to question the results of the June 12 presidential election, defying the nation's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said flatly last week that publicly voicing such...

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...is to be released on bail, the judiciary said on Sunday. Abtahi, who was a close aide of reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami, was granted bail pending appeal of the jail term handed down by the court of first instance, the ISNA...

In this article: Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, and BBC

...to be jailed so far after the election. Abtahi, a cleric who was vice-president for parliament and legal affairs during Mohammad Khatami's 1997-2005 presidency, was officially informed about his sentence on Saturday, Jahan-e Eqtesad daily...

In this article: Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Mirhossein Mousavi, Tehran, Iran, U.N., Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Allegation

...daily said. Abtahi, a cleric who was vice president for parliamentary and legal affairs during the 1997-2005 presidency of Mohammad Khatami, would be the most senior reformer to be jailed so far after the election more than five months...

In this article: Mirhossein Mousavi, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, and Tehran

...be released on bail pending appeal. Mr Abtahi's lawyer said his client - who served as vice-president under former President Mohammad Khatami from 1997-2005 - had 20 days to appeal against the verdict. The UN has criticised harassment...

In this article: Mir Hossein Mousavi, UN, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, and Communism

...released on bail, the official IRNA news agency has reported. Abtahi, who was a close aide of reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami, was granted bail pending appeal of the jail term handed down by the court of first instance, the ISNA...

In this article: Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, and BBC