TEHRAN, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A recent poll shows that
Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is leading Iran's presidential election
poll by big margin, Iran's satellite Press TV reported on Tuesday.
A recent nationwide poll showed that the Iranian
president's popularity has grown among the electorate, while support for his
rival, Mir-Hossein Mousavi has remained unchanged, the report said.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
holds up his identification as he waits to register as candidate for
President of Iran in the Interior Ministry building in Tehran May 8, 2009.
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"The opinion poll conducted in Tehran as well as 29
other provincial capitals and 32 important cities on May 3-4, indicates that
58.6 percent will cast their ballots in favor of Ahmadinejad, while some 21.9
percent will vote for Mousavi."
According to the Press TV report, in another more
recent poll carried out in Tehran, 44.8 percent of respondents said that given a
choice of Ahmadinejad or Mousavi, they would opt for the Principalist incumbent
president while some 29 percent said they would pick Mousavi.
Former Iranian Prime Minister Mirhossein
Mousavi waves to journalists as he arrives to register as candidate for
presidential elections in the Interior Ministry building in Tehran May 9,
2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo
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The report, however, did not mention which institute
or organization conducted the survey.
A total of 475 applicants have already signed up for
Iran's presidential election slated for June 12.
Iran's former parliament speaker Mehdi
Karroubi holds up his identification as he waits to register as a
candidate for presidential elections at the Interior Ministry building in
Tehran May 9, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
The four main candidates are incumbent President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, former
Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi and former Revolutionary Guards chief Mohsen
Rezaei.
Iran's Guardians Council will finalize the name list
of those who can run for the presidency after screening the registered
candidates. The final list is expected to come out on May 21.
Iran's former Revolutionary Guards chief
Mohsen Rezaei waves to journalists as he arrives to register as a
candidate for President of Iran at Interior Ministry building in Tehran
May 8, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo
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TEHRAN, May 11 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian presidential hopeful
said on Monday that he would launch an international consortium to enrich
uranium in Iran, the local satellite Press TV reported.
He would establish an international consortium to
enrich uranium on Iranian soil, Mohsen Rezaei, a principalist-conservative
candidate for presidency and former military commander, was quoted as
saying. Full story
TEHRAN, May 10 (Xinhua) -- A total of 475 applicants have
signed up for Iran's presidential election slated for June 12, the official IRNA
news agency reported on Sunday.
The number has reduced by 53 percent compared to that
of the previous presidential election in 2005, when 1,014 applicants registered
their names, head of the elections headquarters Karmran Daneshjoo said. Full story
Former Iranian Prime Minister Mirhossein
Mousavi waves to journalists as he arrives to register as candidate for
presidential elections in the Interior Ministry building in Tehran May 9,
2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo
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TEHRAN, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Iran's former prime minister
Mir-Hossein Mousavi on Saturday formally registered his candidacy for the June
12 presidential election.
Mousavi, an Iranian reformist politician, painter and
architect, has repeatedly criticized the incumbent government's economic policy
which he called an alms-based one. Full story
