Ibrahim is chief rival to Rohani in the upcoming presidential elections

Ibrahim is chief rival to Rohani in the upcoming presidential elections

Arab and international Since 2017-04-10 at 09:04 (Baghdad time)

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The conservative cleric Ibrahim Rabi officially announced his candidacy for the presidential elections in Iran next May, while analysts consider him a key rival to current president Hassan Rowhani.
In a statement issued on Sunday, he said that the first step to solving Iran's economic problems was to change the leadership, calling on voters to support an "efficient and knowledgeable" government under his leadership.
"The people are asking why our country is in this situation, despite all our resources and human talents ... The main solution to our problems is a radical change in the country's executive management," he said. The people and the formation of a capable government with knowledge and working day and night to restore the dignity of the people and fight poverty and corruption. "
The next presidential candidate confirmed that he has responded to many social groups, including religious scholars, elite and loyal young people, and out of a sense of religious, national and revolutionary responsibility, he will run for the upcoming presidential elections. He will compete with other candidates by observing the law and ethics.
The conservative cleric is the main challenger to the current moderate reformist president in the May 19 election, a close ally of Iran's spiritual leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
This development comes as the conservative faction in Tehran reached consensus on the nomination of the 57-year-old cleric, hoping to avoid splitting the voices of those who thirst for what they see as a revival of the values ​​of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The chief cleric Ibrahim is a figure in the middle of the chain of command of religious authority in Shiite Iran, but he was a senior official for decades in the judiciary.
My chief beneficiary of conservative criticism of a spiritual record, saying the president "is betting hard on rapprochement with enemies and doing little at home to improve the economy."
In March 2016, the Supreme Leader appointed Ibrahim Ibrahimi, head of the Astan Qods Radavi organization, responsible for a multi-billion dollar religious institution that runs donations to the country's holiest shrine in the city of Mashhad.
The giant religious institution, whose economic arm has 36 companies and institutes listed on its website, owns mines, textile factories, a pharmaceutical factory and even a major oil and gas company.
Ibrahim was chief vice-president of the judiciary for 10 years before he was appointed in 2014 as Prosecutor of Iran


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