Press TV - Two candidates contesting Iran's 12th presidential election, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, have expressed their readiness to hold separate face-to-face televised debates with another contestant Hassan Rouhani.

The campaign of Raeisi called for a one-on-one debate with the incumbent president.

Mohammad Amin Tavakkolizadeh, a�representative of�Raeisi�s camp, made the request on Saturday in separate letters to the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Abdolali Ali-Askari, and the head of Iran�s Election Campaign Monitoring Committee, Ehsan Qazizadeh.

Meanwhile, the head of Qalibaf�s campaign, Mohammad Dehqan, said in a post on his Twitter account that Rouhani must respond�to the public opinion about the comments he made during the third and last live televised debate among the six presidential candidates on Friday.

He added that Tehran�s mayor is ready to hold face-to-face debate �anywhere and at any time.�

In the last live face-off among the six presidential hopefuls, during�a verbal back and forth candidates accused�each other of corruption and economic mismanagement a week ahead of the polls.

In the debate, Raeisi criticized Rouhani�for passing the blame for the economic issues on to the previous administration and called for a debate between the incumbent and previous administrations.�Rouhani responded that�he would be ready for a debate with Raeisi since, according to what he said,�some high-profile figures�in Raeisi's camp held office in the previous administration.

The debate gathered Rouhani, Qalibaf, First Vice President Es�haq Jahangiri, member of Iran�s Expediency Council Mostafa Aqa-Mirsalim, Raeisi, the current custodian of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH) in the northeastern city of Mashhad, and former vice president Mostafa Hashemi-Taba.

Iranians will go to the polls on May 19 to elect the country�s next president.