A Night with: The Man with the Chocolate Robe was the title of an event held on December 22, 2005, in honor of former Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian president Mohammad Khatami

Mohammad Khatami

Sayyid Mohammad Khātamī is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, Shiite theologian and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s...

 after the end of his last term in office. The controversial ceremony was organized by the weekly magazine Chelcheragh

Chelcheragh

Chelcheragh is the name of a weekly social magazine printed in Iran. The magazine became famous in Iran for organizing a controversial ceremony titled "A Night with: The Man with the Chocolate Robe" in honor of former Iranian president, Mohammad Khatami a few months after his term had ended....

. The event, attended by Khatami himself, sparked a huge amount of Internet discussions and weblog comments.

External links

• BBC News Report
• http://www.webneveshteha.com/weblog/?id=2146307388Mohammad Ali Abtahi
  Mohammad Ali Abtahi
  Hojjat ol-Eslam Seyyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi is an Iranian theologian, scholar, pro-democracy activist and chairman of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue. He is a former Vice President of Iran and a close associate of former President Mohammad Khatami...
  
  's Story on the Event]
• Chelcheragh Magazine's Web Page on the Event