11.   A moderate cleric is confirmed as new president.

12.   A moderate cleric, Soueidan handled religious affairs of the Shiites in southern Lebanon, where predominantly Shiite guerrillas are fighting Israeli occupation of a border zone.

13.   But attitudes began to change when President Mohammad Khatami, a moderate cleric, took office after defeating Nateq-Nouri in presidential elections last May.

14.   But moderate clerics led by President Mohammad Khatami are calling for a more accountable leader in a political tug-of-war that has gripped Iran since his election last year.

15.   But the rhetoric has been losing edge since the election last year of President Mohammad Khatami, a moderate cleric who has encouraged ties with Americans.

16.   But things started to look up two years ago when moderate Muslim cleric Abdurrahman Wahid was elected president.

17.   But moderate clerics, led by Khatami, are calling for a more accountable leader.

18.   But time is healing mistrust on both sides, and a potent balm has been applied by President Mohammad Khatami, a moderate cleric.

19.   Dissidents and newspapers are beginning to question the spate of slayings, emboldened by the promise of political freedoms offered by Khatami, a moderate cleric elected last year.

20.   He suggested that Khatami, a moderate cleric, would speak to the American people in a television address.