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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
... because Iran Street in the Yemeni capital was originally given the name in honour of a visit by Mohammad Khatami, the two-term reformist president who preceded Ahmadinejad.Sana'a city council gave in to popular pressure because of Iran's alleged support for the Houthis – which is denied both by the rebels and by Tehran. Yemen has closed the city's Iranian hospital and claims...
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Judeopundit (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... and actions of the Bush administration against even the reformist government of former president Mohammad Khatami helped the hard-liners consolidate power. Only by engaging, even with a more radical regime, can the West force Tehran to measure the costs and benefits of dealing with the outside world. That's a very funny usage of the word "force." Elsewhere Bahari argues...
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rss iran (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
They are not the main opposition. They are the supposed opposition they all created to divert public attention. in reference to: "The country's opposition is led by former premier Mir-Hossein Moussavi, former parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi and ex-presidents Mohammad Khatami and Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani." - Iran's supreme leader says efforts by opposition futile - Monsters...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... hundreds of whom remain jailed for alleged efforts to overthrow the Islamic establishment. Also Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, deputy of former president Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2005, was sentenced last week to a six-year jail term charges of national security offences and propaganda against the Islamic establishment. Khatami said in a meeting Wednesday with a group of physicians...
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Iranian former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi, who has been sentenced to six years in prison in connection with protests over June's presidential election, has been released on bail, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. Abtahi, who was a close aide of reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami, was granted bail pending appeal of the jail [...]
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
So can the West, especially the United States, have a dialogue with these people? Yes. Because there is no other choice. The West has to negotiate with Iran on the nuclear program and the stability of Iraq and Afghanistan. Not talking to Tehran doesn't work: The hostile rhetoric and actions of the Bush administration against even the reformist government of former president Mohammad Khatami...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... premier Mir-Hossein Moussavi, former parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi and former presidents Mohammad Khatami and Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani. They have accused the government of fraud in the June 12 presidential election and have not acknowledged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election. Iran's supreme leader, who according to constitution has the final word on all state affairs,...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... by former premier Mir-Hossein Moussavi, former parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi and ex-presidents Mohammad Khatami and Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani. They have accused the government of fraud in the June 12 presidential election and have not acknowledged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election. Iran's supreme leader, who according to constitution has the final word on all state affairs,...
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KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's official news agency reports a former vice president has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures 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...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Tehran - Former Iranian vice president Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was sentenced to a six-year jail term for his involvement in post- election unrest in June, a news report said Sunday. Abtahi, deputy to reformist president Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2005...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Tehran - Former Iranian vice-president Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was sentenced to a six-year jail term for his involvement in the post-election unrest in June, a news report said Sunday. Abtahi, deputy to reformist president Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
[JURIST] Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court has sentenced former vice president and reformer Mohammad Ali Abtahi to six years in jail for his role in the unrest that followed the disputed June 12 presidential elections, according to Iranian news agencies Saturday. Abtahi, who had been in custody since just after the election has been temporarily released on $700,000 bail pursuant to Iranian...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009, file photo, released by the semi-of...Iran's official news agency reports a former vice president has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures 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...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Iran has jailed former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi for six years on charges linked to protests over June's presidential election, a moderate conservative website reported. Abtahi, who was a close aide of reformist president Mohammad Khatami, was arrested with scores of opposition figures shortly after the publication of official results giving hardline President Mahmoud...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Mohammad Ali Abtahi jailed for six years after being accused of fomenting unrest after disputed June election in Iran A former vice president has been jailed for six years after being accused of fomenting unrest to overthrow the Iranian government, his lawyer said today . Mohammad Ali Abtahi is the most senior reformer to be jailed following the disputed presidential election in June....
