Qalibaf: An Increasingly Powerful Contender for Iran’s Elections

Meir Javedanfar

May 30, 2013

Mayor of Tehran, Iranian Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf attends a press conference after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran on May 11, 2013. Iran will close the five-day registration period for candidates in Iran's June 14 presidential election, with a string of conservative hopefuls in the running but with key reformists yet to come forward, media reports said. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

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İran’da yaklaşan cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimlerinde bazı oylar diğerlerinden daha eşit olacak. Mesela, Devrim Muhafızları Ordusu’na bağlı Kudüs Gücü’nün komutanı Kasım Süleymani’nin oyu.

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani gives the opening speech during Iran's Assembly of Experts' biannual meeting in Tehran March 8, 2011. Rafsanjani lost his position on Tuesday as head of an important state clerical body after hardliners criticised him for being too close to the reformist opposition. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN - Tags: POLITIC

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Qalibaf: An Increasingly Powerful Contender for Iran’s Elections

Tahran Belediye Başkanı Muhammed Kalibaf, İran cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimlerinde Mahmud Ahmedinejad’ın koltuğunu devralmaya güçlü bir aday.

Qalibaf: An Increasingly Powerful Contender for Iran’s Elections

Tahran Belediye Başkanı Muhammed Kalibaf, İran cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimlerinde Mahmud Ahmedinejad’ın koltuğunu devralmaya güçlü bir aday.

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