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Profiles Iranian president Mohammed Khatami. Effect of his personality on his office; The president's support for democracy; Religious issues in Iran; Changes in the most freely elected parliament in the history of Iran; Supporters of his politics; The power of the revolutionary Guards; Plans to loosen press restrictions; Information about the economic conditions in the country; Comments from Ibrahim Yazdi of the Iran Freedom Movement. INSET: Parsing the Words of God.

Looks at the cultural changes taking place in Iran as of July 1998. Election of Mohammed Khatami, a moderate clergyman who studied in the West, as President of Iran; Khatami's campaign for moderation and the rule of law; Opposition to Khatami led by the supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei; Use of the basij, a paramilitary corps of volunteers to fight reforms; Freedom of the press and conciliatory gestures to the United States under Khatami's presidency. INSET: `Khatami is an opportunity,' by Lucian Kim.

Looks at the reforms in Iran under President Mohammed Khatami as of July 6, 1998. Movement toward greater freedom and a better relationship with the United States; Resistance to reform from the old-line mullahs, led by the Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei; Fundamentalist control of the Iranian Parliament; Cultural changes in Iran; Founding of newspapers; Unbanning of books; Permission to protest granted.

Focuses on Iran. President Mohammed Khatami's news conference warning that the United States and Iran remain far apart on key issues; Mention of his address to the United Nations at the opening of the General Assembly in fall 1998; The country veering politically between moderation and extremism; Mention of the death sentence imposed against an author by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989; The struggle for power within Iran and the government debate on whether to attack Afghanistan. INSET: A step forward, a step back.

Focuses on the political conditions in Iran as of November 1997. The Iranians as hostages of revolutionary rhetoric most of them voted to discard; Demonstrations in front of the former United States embassy in Tehran on the anniversary of the storming of the compound and taking of hostages in 1979; Possibility that President Mohammed Khatami might pursue peace with the United States.

Presents a biographical account of the life of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammad Khatami. Contributing factors to Khatami's prominence; Background information on Khatami; Description of Khatami's presidency.

Looks at the reforms in Iran under President Mohammed Khatami as of July 6, 1998. Movement toward greater freedom and a better relationship with the United States; Resistance to reform from the old-line mullahs, led by the Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei; Fundamentalist control of the Iranian Parliament; Cultural changes in Iran; Founding of newspapers; Unbanning of books; Permission to protest granted.

States that initial indications are that the decision by the Iranian government to disown the death sentence that was issued against novelist Salman Rushdie in 1989 is backed by both the competing moderate and hard-line factions in Iran. Reaction from Iran's President Mohammed Khatami; The report of the news by Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei from New York City.

Discusses issues surrounding the shutdown of the Iranian newspaper called `Tous' by President Mohammed Khatami's conservative opponents in the judiciary in September 1998. Mention of Khatami's pledge of greater freedom; Suggestion that Khatami's visit to the United Nations in New York City should provide another example of how the moderate former philosophy professor is trying to open Iran to the world.

Comments on Iran. President Mohammed Khatami's apparent wavering between moderation and extremism when it comes to foreign policy; The release of author Salman Rushdie from the fatwa imposed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989; Iran's association with terrorists; The possibility of Khatami's diplomatic initiative being overruled by Ayatollah Khamenei, head of Iran's Army. INSET: A Step Forward, a Step Back.