{"id":552,"date":"2013-05-09T19:44:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T15:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iransview.com\/?p=552"},"modified":"2013-06-05T01:58:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T21:28:00","slug":"irans-government-spokesman-complicates-ahmadinejads-election-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/irans-government-spokesman-complicates-ahmadinejads-election-plan\/552\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Government Spokesman Complicates Ahmadinejad\u2019s Election Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran\u2019s government spokesman, Gholam Hossein Elham is to run for president, Mohammad Rahmani an aide to Elham told Iran\u2019sView on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGiven to the increased requests from the youths and revolutionary people, Dr. Elham is to register in the presidential election,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elham has held a variety of posts over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\u2019s two terms and was a member of the Guardian Council.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given to possibility of Ahmadinejad\u2019s top aide, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaee will register in the election<\/a>, Elham\u2019s candidacy will add to complexity of upcoming Iran\u2019s presidential election. It is not clear Ahmadinejad will support which one of his close aides.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Elham’s aide said in an interview with Iran’sView that “he will not withdraw from election race on behalf of Mashaee,” who possibly will run as the government backed candidate.”<\/p>\n

Some political activists believes that Elham is Ahmadinejad\u2019s alternative candidate to replace Mashaee<\/a> in case he denied by Guradian Council.<\/span><\/p>\n

But former Ahmadinejad administration\u2019s Minister of Justice, Elham, will not run as \u201ccandidate of the government\u201d, Rahmani said. \u201che will run for president as the candidate of 3rd Tir Current.\u201d Third Tir or July 24 is the date Ahmadinejad won the 2005 presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Saturday is last day of Candidate registration process, Rahmani didn\u2019t give an exact date of Elham register his candidacy but he said \u201cYouth supporters of Dr.Elham will gather front of his home tomorrow afternoon and will not leave until he go and register for presidential election.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bahman Sharifzade a cleric close close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\u2019s top aide, Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaee, said in an interview with Shargh newspaper that Mahaee will register for presidential election<\/a> on Saturday which is last day of Candidate registration for the presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran\u2019s government spokesman, Gholam Hossein Elham is to run for president, Mohammad Rahmani an aide to Elham told Iran\u2019sView on Thursday.
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