President Mohammad Khatami Role Ruhollah Khatami's son Preceded by Mohammad-Ali Abtahi Parents Ruhollah Khatami | Religion Shia Islam Name Ali Khatami | |
Siblings Mohammad Khatami, Mohammad-Reza Khatami, Fatemeh Khatami Nieces Leila Khatami, Fatemeh Khatami, Narges Khatami Nephews Alireza Khatami, Emad Khatami Similar People Mohammad Khatami, Mohammad‑Reza Khatami, Zahra Eshraghi | ||
Succeeded by Gholam-Hossein Elham | ||
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Ali Khatami is the younger brother of former Iranian president, Mohammed Khatami, and served as his chief of staff during his second term in office.
Khatami was born to Ruhollah Khatami, alongside older siblings Fatemeh Khatami and Mohammed Khatami and younger brother, Mohammad-Reza Khatami. He lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey while pursuing a master's degree in Industrial Engineering at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn.
In 2000, during his brother's first term as President of Iran, rumors circulated in the Iranian press that Ali Khatami was involved in the distribution of "videotapes in which the officials of the system were insulted". These rumors were denied by the President's office, and described as an effort to exert pressure on the President by showing his family in a damaging light. In 2001, Mohammed Khatami named Ali as his chief of staff, after being elected to a second term as President.