Section A·Page 11 The University Daily Kansan Monday, March 13, 2000 World Iranian reformist attacked in Tehran Victim a friend of Iran's president The Associated Press Saeed Hajjarian, a pillar of President Mohammed Khatami's popular reformist movement and a member of Tehran's municipal council, was rushed to the hospital after a gunman on a high-powered motorcycle approached and fired at him twice while he was on his way to work, witnesses said. TEHRAN, Iran — A close confident of the Iranian president was shot at close range and seriously wounded yesterday in a shocking daylight attack reminiscent of last year's killings by vigilantes sympathetic to Iran's hard-liners. He was hit by one bullet, which remained lodged in the back of his neck, doctors at the Sina Hospital in Tehran said. At least one doctor said there was a possibility of permanent brain damage. Majid Ansari, a reformist mem ber of parliament who visited the hospital late in the afternoon, said Hajjarian was breathing on his own after being taken off a respirator. Iranian television reported last night that Hajjarian had regained consciousness and that later he was wheeled under tight security to another hospital building and could be seen wearing an oxygen mask. Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said the assailants had been identified, but he did not say who they were. "Our efforts are now under way," he said. During last month's legislative elections, which were swept by reformists allied to Khatami, Hajiarian angered many of the losing hard-liners with what they considered provocative statements. Since Khatami's 1997 election, vigilantes believed to be allied with hard-liners have attacked several leading reformists. Many others have said they received anonymous death threats. Public anger against the hard-liners mounted Hajiarian, director general of the Sobh-EEmrouz daily and a former deputy intelligence minister, had been clamoring for answers about those killings and other secret Intelligence Ministry activities. after it became known that "rogue" Intelligence Ministry agents had killed five dissidents in late 1998. Yesterday, one witness told The Associated Press, two men on a motorcycle approached Hajjarian outside the municipal council offices in central Tehran. Both assailants wore helmets. One of them got off the motorcycle, almed a handgun at Hajjarian and fired two shots from less than three feet away, the witness said on condition of anonymity. engine, said Ali Rabiei, the secretary of Iran's top security body, the Supreme National Security Council. Only security forces and police can use that category of motorcycle, while civilians are restricted to engine capacities of 250 cubic centimeters or less. The official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted a witness, councilman Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei, as saying the assailant targeted Hajjarian's temple. But the gunman's hand trembled, Tabatabaei said, and the bullet hit Hajjarian's face. The pro-Khatami Culture Ministry said in a statement that Hajjarian was targeted by opponents of freedom, the IRNA reported. "Bullets cannot halt the trend of establishment of democracy in Iran," the statement said. BUY IT AGAIN SPORT We Buy, Sell & Trade USED 841-PLAY & NEW Sports Equipment In a speech in the central province of Yazd, Khatamia condemned the attackers as terrorists who had no place among the people. Nearly every key minister and scores of lesser officials stopped at the hospital out of respect for Hajjarian. The visits underscored Hajjarian's status in Khatami's reformist movement. 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