Iran's president says his key reforms plans defeated
March 17, 2004
SFGate.com
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- President Mohammad Khatami conceded defeat Wednesday on two bills meant to check the power of Iran's hard-liners, essentially acknowledging the failure of key pillars of his reformist presidential agenda.
One of the bills aimed to increase presidential powers in order to stop constitutional violations. The other sought to bar the Guardian Council -- a conservative oversight body -- from disqualifying parliamentary and presidential candidates.
"I withdraw the bills and declare that I have met with defeat," Khatami told reporters.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/03/17/international0439EST0469.DTLTime for Khatami to go.