JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Iran's president, Mohammad Khatami, ended a three-day trade mission to Germany Wednesday. As CNN's Christiane Amanpour reports, Mr. Khatami returns home to a struggle over reform.</s>CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He leaves Germany with a promise of more economic and political cooperation, following on the heels of similar trips to France and Italy. In Germany this week, Khatami seemed to call for better relations with the United States, welcoming an overture from Washington in March, but demanding it take bolder steps in order to mend broken ties. (on camera): The British foreign secretary is the next senior Western official scheduled to visit Iran. But as Iran makes a series of fresh starts abroad, at home, Democratic reforms are suffering setbacks. (voice-over): Just recently, two prominent Iranian human-rights lawyers, including Shirin Ebadi, have been arrested on charges of disturbing public opinion. Ebadi is accused of taping a statement from a hard-line vigilante who allegedly links high-level government officials with assassination plots against reformers. She is scheduled to be tried behind close doors on Saturday. And the charges carry a maximum life sentence.</s>COLIN BARRACLOUGH, IRAN EXPERT: It is again another sign that the long-term -- that the situation in Iran is very much unsettled. And reformists will have to battle, at every opportunity, particularly against the judiciary, which remains a bastion for those in favor of the status quo.</s>AMANPOUR: The vicious power struggle in Iran has now closed down almost all reformist newspapers. And last weekend, it sparked street demonstrations during a march to mark the anniversary of last year's crackdown on university students demanding reform. President Khatami is now coming under pressure from the overwhelming majority of Iranians who voted for his reforms. He can only urge them to be patient and promise that change will come. Christiane Amanpour, CNN, London.
Iranian President Returns Home to Face Reform Struggle