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Iran’s Rouhani to Run for Second Term: Vice-President
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has decided to run for re-election in May, the vice-president for parliamentary affairs said on Sunday, according to state news agency IRNA."In recent weeks, Mr Rouhani has reached a conclusion to take part in the presidential elections," Hosseinali Amiri told news hounds. Rouhani, 68, has been widely expected to run for a second term but has yet to formally announce his candidature for the May 19 election. He remains popular for stabilizing the economy and ending sanctions through a nuclear deal with world powers. The conservative camp has so far failed to settle on an obvious challenger to Rouhani, who sits atop a relatively unified coalition of moderates and reformists.
...back at the comedy club, Boogie ducked another tomato... the only person to throw their hat in the ring has been Hamid Baghaie, a former deputy to former president Mahmud Ahmadinejad who ruled between 2005 and 2013 but fell out of favor with conservatives. Baghaie said he was running as an independent. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-27 |
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