TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The opposition movement in Iran is not temporary because the people long for freedom and security, former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said.

The opposition movement in Iran is not temporary because the people long for freedom and security, former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said. Khatami joined forces with opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi in the wake of the disputed June elections.

Tehran - Former Iranian vice president Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was sentenced to a six-year jail term for his involvement in post- election unrest in June, a news report said Sunday. Abtahi, deputy to reformist president Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2005...

Tehran - Former Iranian vice-president Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was sentenced to a six-year jail term for his involvement in the post-election unrest in June, a news report said Sunday. Abtahi, deputy to reformist president Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2...

Mohammad Khatami, Iran's former president and one of the leaders of the reform movement in Iran, told a group of Tehran University's student activists that the reform movement is "meaningless" without an overhaul of the election process in Iran.

Iran's official news agency reports a former vice president has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the country's postelection unrest.

A reformist former vice-president accused of fomenting street unrest after Iran's June election was released on bail of about $700,000 on Sunday, the judiciary said, after reports he had been sentenced to six years in jail.

An Iranian court sentenced a former vice president to six years in jail as part of a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest after the disputed June presidential election, the defendant's lawyer said Sunday.

A reformist former vice president accused of fomenting widespread street unrest after Iran's June election has been sentenced to six years in jail, Iranian media said on Sunday.

Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a former vice president accused of fomenting widespread street unrest after Iran’s June election has been sentenced to six years in jail, Iranian media said on Sunday.