Mohammad Khatami
Executive Secretary of Tehran's Vo'az (preachers) Community Hojjatoleslam Abbas Amirifar announced that an Iranian intelligence official had told the community members in their session last night that Khatami had been barred from leaving the country.
He quoted the intelligence official as saying that Khatami had recently intended to leave the country.
No official announcement has been made in this regard yet.
Some observers believe Khatami, who served as president of Iran from 1997 to 2005, was barred from leaving the country because of supporting the opposition movement that grew out of frustration with the outcome of presidential elections on June 12.
Khatami is the chairman of Baran Foundation. Baran meaning "rain" is an acronym in Persian for "Foundation for Freedom, Growth and Development of Iran". This is also a private (non-governmental) institute founded by Khatami after the end of his presidency (registration was announced on 9 September 2005) and a group of his former colleagues during his presidency.
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