29 Mar 2024
Thursday 30 May 2013 - 15:38
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Iran Today: Presidential Election - Aref and Rezaei Go To The People

Presidential candidates Mohsen Rezaei and Mohammad Reza Aref have all stepped up their campaigns in recent days. The two candidates have appeared to take a more "grassroots" approach, with Rezaei in particular focussing on issues outside of Tehran.
Aref went on walkaboutin Tehran in Wednesday, talking to ordinary Iranians as they went about their daily business.

In a live television address, the Reformist candidate said thatthe current situation in Iran was due to the fact that Principlists and conservatives have dominated the government for the past eight years.

During the interview, Aref slammed the "security environment" in Iran and said that if he were elected, his administration would stop insulting Mousavi, Khatami and Rafsanjani.

Aref said that he was "concerned about the ideals of the Revolution, about the country's integrity and about the gap between the first and third generations."

Aref also said that his plans included all ethnic groups including "Zoroastrians, Jews, Sunni and Shia Muslims."

Meanwhile, in a series of speeches to Iranians around the country, former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaei has stressed his economic expertise, his revolutionary background and his place as a "man of the people", pledging to "save the economy with the Revolution".

Rezaei, who has taken his campaigning outside Tehran as well as attempting to drum up support in the capital including among Bazaaris, said that he wants to solve the problem of poverty among ordinary Iranians.

Speaking in the southern port city of Assaulyeh --- which has a high poverty rate even though it is home to Iran's South Pars gas field --- the former IRGC chief said he wants to improve conditions for local people by fighting poverty and unemployment.

"The country has been selling oil for a century, but still some people are living in poverty," Rezaei said.

Earlier this week, Rezaei also said that he intended to turn the southern province of Hormuzgan into a special economic zone.

Rezaei's website Tabnak posted photos of his visit to Qarchak, where he spoke with supporters in the street and at a local mosque.

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