Reuters said, by the Iranian state news agency reported, scholars and jurists of the Guardian Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani refused participation. Former President Rafsanjani believed would win the heart of the reform camp.
Likewise with Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a close friend of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Growing participation from the beginning he opposed the followers of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Many people believe rejection of the council under the pretext of supporting the disqualification will make them angry. Mashaie called will fight this decision even tried to calm her supporters.
So far eight escaped name of the first phase is Khamenei loyalists. Iranian authorities apparently did not want a riot to happen again as the 2009 Presidential election, which was won by President Ahmadinejad.
Especially at a time when Iran faces economic pressure, diplomatic and military confrontation due to the west, Israel and the Gulf states. While the support of the people is not known leads to one of the candidates who passed the first phase.
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