Archive for July, 2003

Khatami Threatens Resignation Over Power Struggle with Hard-Liners

By • Jul 14th, 2003 • Category: News

Khatami threatens resignation over power struggle with hard-liners Move comes in response to widespread dissatisfaction Government continues crackdown on pro-reform press The Daily Star, 7/14/03 A university professor whose death sentence provoked nationwide protests until it was lifted by the Supreme Court has been sentenced by an appeals court to nearly four years in jail, […]


Iran’s Khatami Offers to Quit

By • Jul 12th, 2003 • Category: News

(CNN) — Facing stiff criticism within his own reformist party, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami told Iranians that “if this nation says that they do not want us, we will leave,” according to Iran’s state news agency. “This is the way a society ought to be,” Khatami said in a speech Thursday in the city of […]