IFP - Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who dropped out of Iran�s presidential race in favour of his fellow right-winger Ebrahim Raisi, says the alliance is aimed at ending the tenure of a government that favours only a �four-percent� affluent minority of Iran�s population.





Tehran Mayor Qalibaf, who withdrew from Iran�s May 19 presidential election on Monday (May 15) in a bid to secure more votes for his fellow conservative Raisi, said their coalition is aimed at ending the tenure of the four-percenters� government as well as the present status quo.

According to a report by IFP, addressing a huge rally of Raisi�s supporters staged at Tehran�s Imam Khomeini Grand Prayer Grounds (Mosalla) on Tuesday, Qalibaf said, �In these decisive and critical days, we came to this conclusion that, to end the term in office of the four-percenter� government and the present status quo, I had to form an alliance with my 40-year-long friend and dear brother.�

�Today is a great day for the Revolutionary Front, on which we translated unity in the world into unity in action.� But this is not enough.�

He urged their supporters to do their best in the run-up to the election to set an all-time record of 96-percent turnout and end the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani�s term in office, which is an achievable target.

�We will end the tenure of the four-percenter� government to let everybody know that we do know, want and can.�