The following editorial appeared in Wednesday's Los Angeles Times: Iran's reform-minded President Mohammad Khatami now has the chance to make good on the promises that swept him into office three years ago. In an echo of that overwhelming...

...leaving only five in print today in a media crackdown that appears part of a bigger plan to weaken reformist President Mohammad Khatami. The crackdown was a blatant display of the immense power the hard-liners still hold, despite their crushing...

...more freedoms to the Islamic system, early results indicated. Photos The widely anticipated triumph for President Mohammad Khatami could even surpass the 70 percent of the vote he captured in 1997 with his ideas to reshape Iran as a less restrictive...

...Gorgan is the capital. Dadman, appointed to the Cabinet in January, was a reformist and supporter of President Mohammad Khatami. The deaths were not expected to affect the political balance in parliament, where reformists hold an overwhelming...

...received a hero's welcome in parliament Wednesday. Parliament is dominated by pro-democracy supporters of President Mohammad Khatami, who has been locked in a power struggle with Islamic hard-liners, many of whom are in the judiciary. Lawmakers...

...Afghanistan -- In the first visit of an Iranian head of state to neighboring Afghanistan in 40 years, President Mohammad Khatami threw his support behind the U.S.-backed government here but strongly criticized the American approach to the...

...hard-line mullahs who succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the more liberal elected government of President Mohammad Khatami. The United States has to be careful not to tip the balance back to the hard-liners. Iran is trying to improve...

...over the former Soviet countries. What is this garbage they buy or rent?" The television reported that President Mohammad Khatami ordered the formation of an emergency committee to investigate the cause of the crash.