Fatemeh Khatami, a pro-reform deputy in the Iranian parliament from the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, asks for the floor August 13, 2000. The pro-reform majority read out an open letter to the nation, pledging their continued support for political and social change, one week after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used his powers to block deputies from easing tight press restrictions.

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