Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 8 ga Fabrairun 2009, Khatami ya sanar da cewa zai yi takara a zaben shugaban kasa na shekara ta 2009.
2009 zaben shugaban kasa amma ya janye a ranar 16 ga Maris a cikin goyon bayan abokinsa na dogon lokaci da kuma mai ba da shawara, tsohon Firayim Ministan Iran, Mir-Hossein Mousavi.