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Haushaltsdebatte auf iranisch. Rafsanjani, derzeit Vorsitzender des ständigen Vermittlungsausschusses, schickt eine Warnung an den Wächterrat, den Plan von Regierung und Parlament (Majlis) nicht zu torpedieren. Gleichzeitig kritisiert er die mangelnde Diversifizierung der Wirtschaft.

Betreibt hier ein potentieller Kandidat also schon mal Wahlkampf für die anstehenden Parlamentswahlen?

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5th Development Plan only way forward

TEHRAN, Jan. 12 (MNA) -- Proper implementation of the general policies of Iran’s Fifth Five-Year Development Plan (2010-2015) is the only way to run the country, Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said here on Monday.

He made the remarks in a meeting with members of the Association of Clergymen MPs.

On Saturday, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei outlined the general policies of the Fifth Development Plan, which center round cultural, scientific, social, economic, political, defense, and security issues.

Rafsanjani said lawmakers bear a great responsibility with regard to the plan and called on all officials to adopt the plan’s policies when it is approved by parliament.

“The Majlis, with its lofty position, has an important duty in this respect,” he noted.

The EC chairman criticized the government for its excessive dependence on oil and gas revenues, adding that with an economy that is not diversified, fluctuations in oil revenues seriously affect the national budget.

He also called for the effective privatization of state-run companies as envisaged in Article 44 of the Constitution, saying this is the right way to solve the country’s problems.

“Legal obstacles have been removed” but the problem is properly managing the resources of the country’s private sector, Rafsanjani noted.

Gleichzeitig grenzt sich auch im Lager der Reformer die Kandidatenwahl stark ein:

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Khatami says either he or Mousavi will run for president

TEHRAN, Jan. 12 (MNA) – Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami announced on Monday that either he or former prime minister Mirhossein Mousavi will run for presidential post in the June election.

He told people in the western province of Ilam that he does not intend to “evade responsibility” and that he has been reflecting upon candidacy.

Khatami is under pressure by reformists to run in the presidential election.