Tehran Mayor announces plans to run for president July 16, 2012 - 14:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf will run in Iran's presidential elections next year, one of his aides announced on Monday, July 16. "Qalibaf will definitely take part in the 11th round of the presidential election and he will run as a candidate in the election," Qalibaf's advisor Mohammad Nabi Roudaki told Fars New Agency. According to FNA, Qalibaf will submit his resignation letter from his current post in February to run for president. During the last presidential election in 2009, the Tehran Mayor ruled out plans for the next polls. "I have never been after power or responsibility," Qalibaf said at the time. Qalibaf came fourth in the country's 2005 presidential race. Shortly afterwards he was appointed as the mayor of Iran's capital. Partner news  Top stories Among its provisions are bans on child marriage and the traditional practice of selling and buying women to settle disputes. Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship. According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed. Reports suggest the rebel fighters may have tried to blow up the walls of the prison, which holds some 4,000 inmates.   Partner news |  Latest news John Lennon’s guitar auctioned for $408,000  The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York.Benicio del Toro’s “Jimmy P” debuts in Cannes main competition The film is telling of the relationship between a troubled native American vet and his equally idiosyncratic therapist.Weinstein’s RADiUS nabs cult helmer’s "Blue Ruin" at Cannes The story centers on a man who finds his quiet life upended by unwelcome news and sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of revenge.UN chief: conference Syrian settlement to take place “very soon” The conference would be a follow-up to last year’s international meeting in Geneva that drafted a peace roadmap for Syria. |
