18 days to the presidential vote, election stories are as follows: Denial of Aref's withdrawal in favor of Rowhani; Jalili�s reasons for enrolling in presidential campaign; resignation of head of election headquarters of Principlist�Coalition and Iranian Parliament's Rahrovan-e Velayat announcing its backed�presidential candidate.


 
Khatami's office denies Aref steps down in favor of Rowhani
Mohammad Khatami�s office denies that Khatami asked Mohammad Reza Aref to withdraw his candidacy from the upcoming presidential elections in favor of Hassan Rowhani, Fars reported.

 
Jalili: I wouldn�t have come if a more hopeful candidate had come
Iranian presidential candidate, Saeed Jalili, has said that he wouldn't enter the presidential race if a more hopeful candidate had entered, ISNA reported.

 
Head of election headquarters of Principlist�Coalition�resigns
According to Mehr, Hossein Mozaffar resigned from his position as the head of the election headquarters of the Principlist�Coalition�of�Three until after TV and radio debates, saying that delaying the introduction of qualified person until after TV and radio debates will make the supports confused and principlists undecided.

 
Iranian Parliament's Rahrovan-e Velayat to announce its candidate
Mansour Haghighat Pour, a member of the Iranian Parliament's Rahrovan-e Velayat (Followers of Religious Leadership) says that the fraction will soon announce its candidate, Fars said.