No announcement yet on Karrubi candidacy

No announcement yet on Karrubi candidacy: "No announcement yet on Karrubi candidacy
TEHRAN, Dec. 1 (MNA) -- Mohammad Baqer Zakeri of the Assembly of Combatant Clerics (ACC) said here on Wednesday that former Majlis speaker Mahdi Karrubi would himself announce if he plans to become a candidate in the upcoming presidential election.
It seems that no other candidate has as good a chance of winning Iran’s ninth presidential election, he observed, adding that Karrubi is the strongest of the reformists’ potential candidates.

Zakeri said that Karrubi is the most suitable candidate because he is a defender of the people’s rights and a follower of the path of the late Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.

Commenting on why the ACC has not named Karrubi as one of its candidates, Zakeri stated that a great number of people all over the country have asked Karrubi to take part in the election, and if he accepts, he has actually accepted an invitation from all Iranians and not a specific group.

He went on to say that the reformist groups are all in favor of Karrubi becoming a candidate, and as the spokesman of the Islamic Revolution Mojahedin Organization previously announced, there is great consensus on the candidacies of Karrubi and Mostafa Moein, the former minister of science, research and technology.

Meanwhile, Hamid Reza Taraqqi, a member of the Central Council of the Islamic Coalition Society, said here on Wednesday that the participation of Mahdi Karrubi in the election would boost voter turnout, adding that the conservatives would welcome any reformist candidate who could tighten the race.

Taraqqi also noted that the conservatives are not thinking about asking Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to become a candidate because he has not changed his previous stance."

Former IRIB director accepts to run for president

Former IRIB director accepts to run for president: "Former IRIB director accepts to run for president
TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) – Maryam Behrouzi, the head of the political section of the Followers of Imam and Leadership Front (FILF), said on Friday that former director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Ali Larijani, has accepted to run in the ninth round of presidential elections.
Behrouzi said that the front has negotiated with Larijani over his candidacy and has concluded that Larijani could serve as the front’s likely favorite candidate.

Behrouzi added that within the next two weeks the front will hold negotiations with other potential candidates as well so that it can field one candidate for the top job.

Currently, Larijani acts as Leader’s representative to the Supreme National Security Council.

With regards to the possible candidacy of former Majlis speaker Mahdi Karrubi in the election she said that FILF welcomes the participation of Karrubi in the presidential contest."

Rafsanjani almost certain for candidacy: Informed source

Rafsanjani almost certain for candidacy: Informed source: "Mahdi Karrubi, the former Majlis speaker, and Ali Akbar Velayati, the former foreign minister were definitely the strong rivals of Rafsanjani, adding that Rafsanjani has almost made up his mind to run for presidency in the ninth round of presidential election.

According to the source, a secret agreement would be achieved on Hashemi Rafsanjani’s candidacy, because from among other conservative candidates, the Reformists favor Rafsanjani, and also in comparison with other reformist candidates, the Conservatives would prefer Hashemi."