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Ebrahim Raisi: Will he stay or will he go? IranSource by Sanam Vakil
Supporters of Iranian Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi hold his posters outside the Mosalla mosque in Tehran, Iran, May 16, 2017. REUTERS/TIMA ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
Ebrahim Raisi became a household name in Iran when he ran as a conservative candidate in the 2017 presidential elections opposite President Hassan Rouhani. Winning only 38 percent of the vote, Raisi lost the election to the incumbent. What Raisi gained through this defeat, though, was national notoriety and the support of fifteen million people. Moreover, since then, Raisi has not only emerged as a behind-the-scenes player and Supreme Leader loyalist, but has also risen through the ranks by becoming head of the judiciary and a potential conservative political leader of influence within the co
Saeed Mohammad: The young face of the IRGC weighing his political options
As Iran is approaching its thirteenth presidential elections in June, there are widespread speculations on who will run in the upcoming elections. Meanwhile, the failure of the Hassan Rouhani administration’s promise to deliver economic relief from US economic sanctions has increased the possibility that a hardliner candidate close to the security apparatus will become Iran’s next president. Among those rumored to be running in the elections is Saeed Mohammad, a 52-year-old Second Class Brigadier General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who is currently serving as the commander of the US-sanctioned Khatam Al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters (KAA), the engineering firm of the Guards.
Trend:
The Iranian President said that important issues such as the approval of the country s budget should not be delayed due to fruitless disputes.
The amendments to the next Iranian year`s budget bill (starts on March 21, 2021) were presented at the meeting of the government s economic coordination headquarters today on Sunday, Trend reports citing IRNA.
According to IRNA, the amendments to the budget bill are going to submit to the parliament soon. Accordingly, the provision of importing the essential goods with the preferred foreign currency rate as well as the necessary resources for the development of the country was remained untouched.