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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is expected to run for re-election later this year, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported yesterday, quoting the Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education, Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi.
Speaking at the 25th conference for the heads of Iranian medical universities and colleges, Hashemi announced that Rouhani is planning to run in the upcoming presidential elections, hoping to re-gain the Iranian people’s trust and achieving a greater victory than in 2013.
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Iranian presidential elections are scheduled for May to coincide with the parliament’s mid-term elections, as well as the municipal elections.
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