Tweet
MOHAMMAD KHATAMI TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.02.2009 13:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Iran's former President Mohammad Khatami has
ended months of speculation by announcing that he will run in June's
presidential election.
Khatami was President of Iran from 1997-2005 and was succeeded by
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a conservative.
"I will seriously take part as a candidate for the election," he told
a meeting of a pro-reform group.
Khatami, the most liberal President since the revolution, should
have a good chance of unseating incumbent Ahmadinejad, arguably the
most conservative leader in that time. However, he will face tough
opposition from hardliners in the clergy and military, BBC reports.
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.02.2009 13:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Iran's former President Mohammad Khatami has
ended months of speculation by announcing that he will run in June's
presidential election.
Khatami was President of Iran from 1997-2005 and was succeeded by
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a conservative.
"I will seriously take part as a candidate for the election," he told
a meeting of a pro-reform group.
Khatami, the most liberal President since the revolution, should
have a good chance of unseating incumbent Ahmadinejad, arguably the
most conservative leader in that time. However, he will face tough
opposition from hardliners in the clergy and military, BBC reports.