    mohammad khatami (, ; born 29 september 1943) is an iranian scholar, shia theologian, and reformist politician. he served as the fifth president of iran from 2 august 1997 to 3 august 2005. he also served as iran's minister of culture from 1982 to 1992. he was an outspoken critic of former president mahmoud ahmadinejad's 
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