Background
Khatami was born in Ardakan, Iran, in 1959.
Khatami was born in Ardakan, Iran, in 1959.
University of Tehran.
He is younger brother of former president Mohammad Khatami. Khatami is educated in medicine and before entering politics, he was a practicing nephrologist (kidney specialist) for a number of years. Khatami was the first Secretary-General of the Islamic Iran Participation Front, the largest Iranian reformist party.
He is also the former deputy speaker of the Iranian parliament.
He was elected in March 2000 for the sixth term of the Islamic Republic"s parliament"s election as the first representative of Tehran with 1,794,365 votes from the people of Tehran. He has also acted as the manager in charge of the now-banned reformist daily Mosharekat.
He entered politics in 1997 after his brother"s victory and was appointed deputy minister of health. Sometimes described as "ultraliberal" in his views, he was "disqualified from running for any office by the Guardian Council.".
He is a faculty member of Tehran University of Medical sciences. He is now a member of the central council of the party.