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Khatami to run for re-election

Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is certain to run for reelection in June because he is determined to keep fighting for his reform programme, AFP reported on Wednesday. Interior minister and close ally Abdol-Vahed Mussavi-Lari told a Tehran press conference on Tuesday: "There's no doubt that he will stand in the elections, so I can tell you - Khatami will certainly be a candidate." Although the reformist president has yet to announce formally he would seek a second four-year term, the maximum allowed under the Iranian constitution, Mussavi-Lari said "He's determined to follow his path." Since Khatami's 1997 election, his pro-reform supporters have scored major electoral wins in municipal and especially parliamentary elections, winning a majority in the legislature in February, the report said.

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