Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Iran

Iranian Ex-President Granted U.S. Visa

Mohammad Khatami at his last press conference as president in July 2005 (epa)

August 30, 2006 -- U.S. officials have issued a visa to former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami to give a speech in Washington next month.

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August 30, 2006

U.S. State Department spokesman Tom Casey announced on August 29 that "the visa for former President Khatami has been issued."

Khatami, a reformist cleric who was Iran's president from 1997 to 2005, is the most senior Iranian to visit the United States since Washington broke off diplomatic relations following the Islamic revolution and takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979.

(AFP)

What The Street Thinks

A demonstration in support of Iran's nuclear program outside the Isfahan uranium-conversion facility in Isfahan in January (epa)

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CHRONOLOGY

An annotated timeline of Iran's nuclear program.

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Iran Tightens Internet Control

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Explainer: Iran's National Internet

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A cardboard Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini arrives in Tehran to mark the 33rd anniversary of his triumphant return to Iran following the Islamic Revolution.

Iran's 'Cardboard Khomeini' Faces Criticism, Condemnation

Iran's "Cardboard Khomeini" is fueling a firestorm of criticism in the Middle Eastern country after cutouts of the Islamic republic's founder appeared at a number of events, and photos mocking the mock-up went viral. More