Mr Khatami's predecessor, Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, has positioned himself between the factions, as conciliator.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem held talks Saturday with his Iranian counterpart, Ali Akbar Salehi, in Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi traveled to Turkey Tuesday in an effort to mend that fence.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi called the meeting a success, Iran's state-run news agency IRNA reported Friday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi condemned the killing as a "terrorist act".
Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, 26, from Bradford, was treated in hospital for whiplash injuries after he blacked out during the collision.
Another prominent figure Hassan Rowhani, Iran's former nuclear negotiator and confidant to ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, also put forward his name.
At Friday prayers in Tehran, Ali Akbar Rafsanjani - the influential Iranian cleric and former president - condemned Thursday's attack on pilgrims.
"I think Iran can play a positive role, " Annan said during a news conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran.
"Any militarization of the Syrian issue will be disastrous, " Annan said at a joint news conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.
As well as Mr Jalili's visit to Damascus, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has been holding talks in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told Iran's state-run IRNA news agency that the allegation is "the most ridiculous thing, " he has ever heard.
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They include the country's main nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, former nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani, former foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati, and the mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.
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Ironically, the man most adept at manipulating this hidden power structure is one of Iran's best-known characters--Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has been named an ayatollah, or religious leader.
In an announcement on Sunday, Iran's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi told the Iranian news agency ISNA that Iran has produced 20 kilograms of uranium enriched to 20 percent.
The Iranian parliament's communications committee looked into satellite jamming about eight years ago after citizen complaints of poor reception, said Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoeini, once deputy head of the committee.
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"We certainly do not agree with the suspension of any OIC member, " Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said after a preliminary meeting in the city of Jeddah on Monday.
Former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of Iran's Assembly of Experts and a supporter of opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi, was quoted Saturday by the semi-official Iranian Labor News Agency.
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Karim Sadjapour, an analyst for the International Crisis Group, says Khamenei's action put more power in the hands of Iran's former president, Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, whom Ahmadinejad defeated in last June's election.
Frankly it would have been much easier for them to acquire the kinds of things they say they needed had they been proceeding in a lawful manner rather than an unlawful manner. 10.37.05 Paul Kenyon Because of the sanctions you were forced into secrecy. 10.37.08 Ali Akbar Salehi Yes.
"The World Bank applies standards which are applicable to all countries, " says Akbar Ali Khan a former World Bank official.
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