adminindependent candidate have more chances of winning the race.
Several conservative figures, or “principlists,” as some of them prefer to be referred to, have signed up for the forthcoming race.
On Saturday afternoon when the registration deadline was about to terminate, to many’s surprise, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili appeared in Iran’s Interior Ministry and made an announcement about his decision to run for the country’s upcoming presidential contest.
Other hopefuls, either before or on the registration day, made comments on their campaigns, but Jalili left the Interior Ministry without making any remarks or talking to reporters. — Xinhua
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