Iranian VP Resigns
One of Iran?s most outspoken reformists, Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, announced yesterday he had submitted his resignation from the increasingly isolated pro-reform government….
Abtahi, a jovial and rotund mid-ranking cleric who is vice president for judicial and parliamentary affairs, has been one of the most outspoken members of Khatami?s government. But he said that working with hard-liners, who took control of Parliament in May after most reformists were barred from contesting February elections, had become impossible.
