{"id":740,"date":"2013-05-26T19:20:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T14:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iransview.com\/?p=740"},"modified":"2013-05-26T19:49:44","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T15:19:44","slug":"irans-election-principalists-in-disarray-after-hashemi-disqualified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/irans-election-principalists-in-disarray-after-hashemi-disqualified\/740\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s Election: Principalists In Disarray After Hashemi Disqualified"},"content":{"rendered":"
As Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s candidacy broke the arrangement among Iran’s presidential candidates, his withdrawal did the same too.<\/span><\/p>\n The 78 year old politician, who entered with much hype and went away silently, caused a unity among Pincipalists at first, but his withdrawal created division.<\/span><\/p>\n They don’t think of Mohammad Reza Aref, Mohsen Rezaei, Hasan Rowhani and Mohammad Gharazi as serious opponents, so they don’t feel the need for unity.<\/span><\/p>\n Four Pincipalist candidates are Ali Akbar Velayati, Muhammad Baqer Qalibaf and Haddad Adel who are three members of the Progressive Coalition or the Coalition of 2+1 who seem to be open to Saeed Jalili joining them.<\/span><\/p>\n The members of the Progressive Coalition were supposed to reach a consensus on one candidate, based on polls and surveys. But even 20 days after the agreement, no one stood aside for the sake of the other two.<\/span><\/p>\n