Appointed a provincial governor, he was removed after the election of President Mohammad Khatami and returned to teaching.

He re-emerged as a supporter of President Mohammad Khatami in 1997.

President Mohammad Khatami said that the possibility of talks could not be considered "when a power uses bellicose and threatening tone against us."

Sometime around or before the 1997 election of reformist President Mohammad Khatami the group changed its orientation.

A second-phase strategy came under President Mohammad Khatami, focused more on prevention and treatment.

Some restrictions eased after the election of President Mohammad Khatami, a moderate, in 1997.

"We have suffered more than anyone else from Iraq," said President Mohammad Khatami recently.

I wrote to President Mohammad Khatami and told him these people were dying of hunger.

Early in the first administration of President Mohammad Khatami (in office 1997-2005), the government paid special attention to developing the country's oil and gas industry.

But he also praised President Mohammad Khatami, the champion of the reform movement.