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Khatami speaking at the World Economic Forum i 2007
Seyyed Mohammad Khatami (سید محمد خاتمی), (born October 14, 1943) was President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005 and was followed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Khatami studied Islamic theology in Qom, and philosophy in Isfahan. Khatami built upon the idea of a lawful state, called Rechtsstaat, of democracy and of social equality. He was the first Iranian president to officially do so. These tenets led to conflicts with the government of Iran. Khatami is seen as a reformist. He is currently a prominent supporter of the Iranian Green Movement, and a critic of the government.
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Ruhollah Khatami (father) and Mohammad in childhood.
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Mohammad Khatami in military service uniform
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Khatami and current Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, as members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
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Khatami in world economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2004
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Vladimir Putin, Russian President meeting Khatami in Sa'dabad Palace.
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Khatami speaking at House of Leadership, behind Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, 2004
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Khatami supported his science minister, Mostafa Moein in the 2005 presidential election
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Khatami speaking at reformists' conference in Shiraz, 6 December 2009
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Khatami as culture minister in 1985, with prime minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi
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Khatami at World Economic Forum in 2007
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Khatami in 2013
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Khatami holds Holy Quran in his hands