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Report: Aref withdraws in favor of Rohani in Iran presidential election

Iran Materials 10 June 2013 18:53 (UTC +04:00)
Reformist candidate Mohammad-Reza Aref has reportedly withdrawn in favor of other reformist hopeful Hassan Rohani in Iran’s upcoming presidential election, the Mehr News Agency quoted Kargozaran Party’s secretary general Gholam-Hossein Karbaschi as saying.
Report: Aref withdraws in favor of Rohani in Iran presidential election

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jun.10/ Trend, F. Eminli

Reformist candidate Mohammad-Reza Aref has reportedly withdrawn in favor of other reformist hopeful Hassan Rohani in Iran's upcoming presidential election, the Mehr News Agency quoted Kargozaran Party's secretary general Gholam-Hossein Karbaschi as saying.

Rohani has been introduced as the reformist front's candidate.

The 10-member consultative council, which is led by (former president) Mohammad Khatami, has said in a statement that Rohani will be the reformists' candidate, Karbaschi said.

In my opinion, Rohani can win the election in the first round. Withdrawing Aref in favor of Rohani will greatly help reformists, he noted.

Rohani, a centrist candidate, is the director of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council.

The office of former president Mohammad Khatami issued a statement on May 26, dismissing a report which had claimed Khatami has recommended his former deputy Mohammad Reza Aref to withdraw his presidential candidacy in favor of Hassan Rohani.

The Mordomsalari Party (Democratic Party) has issued a statement, advising Aref and Rohani to do a "coalition" in order to avoid the "bitter experience" of the 2005 election in which reformists and moderate principlists were divided between four candidates.

The presidential election will be held on June 14, 2013.

The voters will select the successor of the current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is not able to participate in the elections for the third term according to the country's constitutional laws.

The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term.

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