Iran's 11th Presidential Election

[Left Now]

We are going to have a presidential election next month in Iran and people and candidates are preparing themselves for it.
One of the main questions which will be asked from the candidates will be this:
"What are you going to do if you don't win the election?"
And they all will answer"We will obey the rules and congratulate the victory to our rival who won the election."

What do you think about all Presidential Elections?Do you think after the election what should the other candidates do to save the country?

[britishboy]

well most candidates still win seats in government which gives them little bits of power and can use that, they most of the time debate with the leader about issues etc and about half way through term start campaigning for the next election, isn't that how it happens in Iran?

[Stronk Serb]

It pobably is. It is a republic after all.

[TheBigUnit]

Is ahmajinedad celebrating yet?

[Left Now]

Ahmadinejad will get out of the cabinet in this election and another person will become the president.
However he can get back to election for the next presidential election and by it i mean 4 years later.

[Magus]

Makes no difference. The control will still be in the hands of the supreme leader and the religious party.


But there was this guy, I forget his name. He is a professor in a Liberal Art college and a strong critic of the current president, but I forget his name. Had a nice sounding name. I hope he will do a bit better than Nijad. I felt Nejad was Bush of Iran.

[Left Now]

President is very powerful after the leader,either he can intervene in leader's works,but when he is sure his act will not damage the unity.
However,Ahmadinejad may was not very good at all but he did some acts in Iran which will never be forgotten.
He brought most of the Capital's advantages to other minor and major cities and also,farming and industry advanced in his era.
However he did a lot of bad things too.For example the first great bank hustling happened in his cabinet,and the inflation and high costs in country began during his cabinet.

[TheBigUnit]

Makes no difference. The control will still be in the hands of the supreme leader and the religious party.


But there was this guy, I forget his name. He is a professor in a Liberal Art college and a strong critic of the current president, but I forget his name. Had a nice sounding name. I hope he will do a bit better than Nijad. I felt Nejad was Bush of Iran.

What's the chances of him actually winning? Is he like the Ron Paul of Iran (assuming you may have heard of him)

President is very powerful after the leader,either he can intervene in leader's works,but when he is sure his act will not damage the unity.
However,Ahmadinejad may was not very good at all but he did some acts in Iran which will never be forgotten.
He brought most of the Capital's advantages to other minor and major cities and also,farming and industry advanced in his era.
However he did a lot of bad things too.For example the first great bank hustling happened in his cabinet,and the inflation and high costs in country began during his cabinet.

He also declared he will wipe israel off the face of the earth right after his election, never really resonated well since

[TinyDancer]

Isn’t there a group of clergy that actually run the country? What’s the point?

[Magus]

What's the chances of him actually winning? Is he like the Ron Paul of Iran (assuming you may have heard of him)

Yeah, he is like Ron Paul. Republican with liberal tendencies. But the chances are low, definitely.

The one who agrees most with the Supreme Leader gets to get voted the most.\

Isn’t there a group of clergy that actually run the country? What’s the point?
It's a party. They mostly align and have associated themselves with the Supreme Leader.

Yep, there is not much of a point.

[Left Now]

Yeah, he is like Ron Paul. Republican with liberal tendencies. But the chances are low, definitely.

The one who agrees most with the Supreme Leader gets to get voted the most.\


It's a party. They mostly align and have associated themselves with the Supreme Leader.

Yep, there is not much of a point.

No,it is not true.For example Khatami the former president of Iran was completely against the policy of supreme leader but he won the election.

For example Rafsanjani was a rival for Supreme leader but he won two elections and became president for 8 years.

Also,our elections rules are like America.If a president won two elections with each other,he has to get out of the cabinet for 4 years after his cabinet gets over and after that four years,he can get back to election and test his luck again for being president,so Ahmadinejad won't come back again.

However,Rafsanjani came to test his chance to be president again.Last day in news they declared the names of candidates.He was one of them.

[TheBassoonist]

What's the difference, in terms of power, between the President of Iran and the Supreme Leader of Iran? Can Khamenei override Ahmadinejad's decisions, or the decisions of Parliament?

[Left Now]

What's the difference, in terms of power, between the President of Iran and the Supreme Leader of Iran? Can Khamenei override Ahmadinejad's decisions, or the decisions of Parliament?

I will tell you some differences:
President is the head of cabinet and will rule the country under control of Parliaments of country.
Supreme leader is the head of government and can intervene in any decisions which get made by Parliament or president,but he has to face the consequences of his actions with criticizes of people and Power Parliament,which can overthrow the Supreme leader according to the basic rules of the country,if he is wrong about his decisions.(So supreme leader will just intervene if cabinet or parliament was going to do something against the people's goal and security)
All of the military forces are directly under command of supreme leader in Islamic Republic and declaring wars or reaching agreements for peace or ceasefire is the supreme leaders rights and duties.
But president has a lot of power after supreme leader,for example trade agreements and financial decisions are his duties and improving the country's economy and education and producing and ... will all happen under his control while he himself is controlled by Parliaments and supreme leader.

[Sir Suomi]

As long as they're not hell bent on destroying the whole world, I'm 100% fine with whoever is elected :D

[Left Now]

By all respects dear friend,it is not important whom you like to be elected.It is a national thing and only people's choice(people of Iran)will be elected not foreigners'.