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Mohammad Khatami (Persian: 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. The son of a well-known religious teacher, Khatami studied at a traditional madrasah (religious ...
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Khatami's Presidency. Running on a reform agenda, Khatami was elected president on 23 May 1997 in what many have described as a remarkable election. Voter turnout was nearly 80%. Despite limited television airtime, most of which went to conservative Speaker of Parliament and favored candidate Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri, Khatami received 70 percent ...
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Mohammad Khatami is an Iranian reformist politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to 1992. Later, he was critical of the government of subsequent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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. He said "unfortunately we are witnessing the emergence of nuclei that ...
Dec 5, 2013 · Seyed mohammad khatami was born October 14, 1943 to a notable clerical family in the central town of Ardakan in Yazd province and grew up with two brothers and four sisters. The designation “Seyed” signifies that his family is descended from the Prophet of Islam, which, in the Shi‘a tradition, confers the black color to his turban.
Khatami, Mohammad (1943–). Mohammad Khatami was president of Iran from 1997 to 2005. As a young man, he studied Islam under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989, who would become leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran), and in the late 1970s joined the clerical party that supported Khomeini's ideas about Islamic government.
