Ali Khatami
Ali Khatami | |
|---|---|
| Chief of Staff of the President of Iran | |
| In office 10 August 2001 – 10 August 2005 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Ali Abtahi |
| Succeeded by | Gholam-Hossein Elham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953[citation needed] Ardakan, Iran[citation needed] |
Ali Khatami (born 1953) is the younger brother of former Iranian president, Mohammed Khatami, and served as his chief of staff during his second term in office.
Khatami was born to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khatami, alongside older siblings Fatemeh Khatami and Mohammed Khatami and younger brother, Mohammad-Reza Khatami. He lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey while pursuing a master's degree in Industrial Engineering at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn.[1][2]
In 2000, during his brother's first term as President of Iran, rumors circulated in the Iranian press that Ali Khatami was involved in the distribution of "videotapes in which the officials of the system were insulted". These rumors were denied by the President's office, and described as an effort to exert pressure on the President by showing his family in a damaging light.[3]
In 2001, Mohammed Khatami named Ali as his chief of staff, after being elected to a second term as President.
References
Notes
- ^ Sciolino, Elaine (2001). Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran. Simon & Schuster. pp. 79–80. ISBN 0-7432-1779-9.
- ^ http://jsonpedia.org/annotate/resource/html/en:Mohammad_Khatami
- ^ IRNA (July 1, 2000). "Involvement of Khatami's brother in videotape case strongly denied". IRNA.
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