Political marriages in the circle of power
Khatami was the first Secretary-General of the Participation Front, the largest reformist party. He is now a member of the central council of the party. He is also the former deputy speaker of the parliament. He entered politics in 1997 after his brother’s victory and was appointed deputy minister of health. 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. He has also acted as the manager in charge of the now-banned reformist daily Mosharekat. Sometimes described as “ultraliberal” in his views, he was “disqualified from running for any office by the Guardian Council.”
