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Revolutionary mood in Iran's presidential poll

6/9/2009

Only four presidential aspirants were approved by the Guardian Council to run: incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; former speaker of the parliament Mehdi Karrubi; former prime minister Mir-Hosein Mousavi; and former Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander and current Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezai.

All of them seem to share a nostalgic longing for the first decade after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. It is increasingly remembered not for the permanent purge of alleged 'counter-revolutionaries' and the Iran-Iraq war, but for revolutionary euphoria and war-era solidarity. The 2009 election therefore hinges on which candidate is most able to revive public revolutionary euphoria.

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Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the frontrunner in this week’s Iranian presidential elections and has the backing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the frontrunner in this week’s Iranian presidential elections and has the backing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.(PA)

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