Mohammad Khatami presidential campaign, 2009
Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran, announced his candidacy for 2009 Iranian presidential election on February 8, 2009.[1] Khatami later pulled out of the race.
Campaign events
- On February 10, 2009, BARAN foundation claimed anonymous group of Ahmadinejad supporters tried to attack and beat Khatami with stick during annual march of revolution victory. Mohammad Ali Abtahi, close adviser to Khatami confirmed that report. [2][3]
- On March 16, Khatami officially dropped out of the Presidential race in order to endorse Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who he believes will stand a better chance for real reforms against the conservative establishment. [5]
- Maziar Bahari of Newsweek magazine reports an unnamed adviser to Khatami told him that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei "became quite upset" when he heard Khatami had decided to run for president, and "sent a personal message to Khatami asking him to step down." Khatami denies that the Supreme Leader made any such request.[6]
Endorsement
- Families of Iran-Iraq war martyrs including families of: [7]
- Air-Force Generals Babaei,
- Air-Force General Sattari
- General Bakeri
- Former Minister Tondgooyan
- General Jahan-Ara
- Shiroudi
- Ashrafi Esfahani
- Labafi-Nejad
See also
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