Former Iranian President Can't Leave His Country

Mohammad Khatami, the former president of Iran was supposed to leave his native land in order to travel abroad to Japan and attend a "nuclear disarmament conference" but was soon exempt from it on the basis of him being prohibited to leave the country.  It's been reported that Khatami has been under scrutiny and strain from the Iranian government after chaotic elections took place last summer.  Khatami was part of the opposition in last year's election but the results were not in his favor and many people who supported the opposition protested after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the election.  The protests that took place were sometimes so out of control that they even ended in bloodshed.  Ever since then, Khatami believes the current government has made "severe restrictions" on him and his party.  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8624956.stm

Submitted by: Hanna Khan