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Tag : mohammad khatami

October 14, 2017

Former MP: Don’t Underestimate the New Restrictions on Reformist Ex-President Khatami

Iran's former reformist President Mohammad Khatami. The increasingly restrictive judicial bans issued against reformist leader Mohammad Khatami could morph into something much bigger and enflame the current political climate, an ...

October 14, 2017

Rouhani’s Criticism of Judiciary for Tightening Ban on Reformist Ex-President Spurs Debate

President Hassan Rouhani’s criticism of the judiciary for arbitrarily punishing critics of the state, including ally and reformist former President Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005), has been met with a flurry of responses from adversaries and ...

May 2, 2017

Judiciary Shuts Down Reformists’ Campaign Headquarters in Iran’s Second Largest City

The campaign headquarters of reformists in Khorasan Razavi Province, northeastern Iran, was shuttered on May 2, 2017—three weeks before the country’s presidential and local council elections on May 19, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. ...

January 17, 2017

Khatami, Former Political Prisoners and Ailing Mother Convince Ali Shariati to End 75-Day Hunger Strike

Requests by prominent reformist leader Mohammad Khatami, political prisoners, and his ailing mother ultimately convinced imprisoned civil rights activist Ali Shariati to halt his hunger strike, after 75 days, on ...

December 21, 2015

Rouhani and Judiciary Clash over Ban on Publishing Images of Former President Khatami

The Rouhani administration and the hardline-dominated Judiciary in Iran are engaged in an increasingly direct confrontation over the ability of Iranian media to publish images of the former (1997-2005) reformist President Mohammad Khatami. With claims and counterclaims volleying ...

April 6, 2012

Revolutionary Court Unqualified to Review Case, Says Mohammad Seifzadeh

“Mr. Seifzadeh will not appear at this court session again for the same reason as before–he does not recognize the Revolutionary Court as qualified to review this case. He believes he should be tried in the Tehran Province Criminal Court, in the presence of a ...

February 16, 2011

Officials Should Stop Incitement to Violence, Arbitrary Prosecutions and Executions

(16 February 2011) A demand by over 200 members of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) that opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Moussavi be tried and executed for “corruption on earth” disgraces both Iran’s legislative and judicial branches of government, the International Campaign for Human ...

February 14, 2011

Authorities Unleash a Wave of Violence Against Demonstrators

(14 February 2011) Iranian security forces should end the use of excessive force, intimidation, and arbitrary arrest against peaceful demonstrators said the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today. The Islamic Republic is openly violating freedom of assembly in Iran, while claiming to support ...

April 15, 2010

Former President’s Travel Ban Part of Systematic Effort to Contain Criticism

(15 April 2010) The Iranian government’s refusal to allow former president Mohammad Khatami to attend a conference in Hiroshima, Japan, is a violation of his freedom of movement and part of a broad but futile effort to contain critical voices and prevent them from having ...

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