{"id":2258605,"date":"2024-06-03T13:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T17:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-hardliner-with-ties-to-revolutionary-guard-takes-step-towards-presidency\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T13:34:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T17:34:34","slug":"iranian-hardliner-with-ties-to-revolutionary-guard-takes-step-towards-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-hardliner-with-ties-to-revolutionary-guard-takes-step-towards-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Conservative Associated with Revolutionary Guard Moves Closer to Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firanian-hardliner-with-ties-to-revolutionary-guard-takes-step-towards-presidency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2258605&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-bidens-immigration-policies-may-fuel-migrant-caravan-crisis-at-southern-border\/\" title=\"Analysis: Biden\u2019s immigration policies may fuel migrant caravan crisis at southern border\">hard-line<\/a> Iranian parliament speaker, \u2064Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, has \u200dentered the presidential race. This \u2063move adds a significant contender \u200bwith close \u2064ties to the Revolutionary Guard.\u2062 The election comes amidst tensions over Iran&#8217;s nuclear \u200cprogram, support for proxy militias, and economic\u200d challenges. Qalibaf, known for past crackdowns, vows to continue the paths of his predecessors. The race includes other notable candidates, \u2063with uncertainty surrounding potential frontrunners.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Iranian Hardliner with Ties to Revolutionary Guard Takes Step Towards Presidency<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 3, 2024 at 6:12am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Iran\u2019s hard-line parliament speaker registered Monday for country\u2019s June 28 presidential election, the last day for aspirants to enter the race.<\/p>\n<p>The entry of Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf brings a prominent candidate with close ties to the country\u2019s paramilitary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/irans-revolutionary-guard-seizes-ship-transfers-vessel-iranian-waters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revolutionary Guard<\/a> into the vote to replace President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-helicopter-carrying-iranian-president-involved-major-incident-situation-uncertain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-administration-slammed-issuing-odd-statement-iranian-presidents-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died in a helicopter crash<\/a> with seven others on May 19.<\/p>\n<p>The election comes at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the West over Tehran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-he-is-not-going-to-wait-forever-for-iran-after-raising-idea-of-military-force\/\" title=\"Biden Says He Is \u201cNot Going to Wait Forever\u201d for Iran after Raising Idea of Military Force\">rapidly advancing nuclear program<\/a>, its arming of Russia in that country\u2019s war on Ukraine and its wide-reaching crackdowns on dissent. Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s support of militia proxy forces throughout the wider Middle East have been in increased focus as Yemen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/houthis-say-launched-attack-us-aircraft-carrier-america-gives-crushing-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houthi rebels<\/a> attack ships in the Red Sea over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-betrays-voters-admits-obvious-truth-israels-conflict-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel-Hamas<\/a> war in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Qalibaf, 62, initially became speaker following a string of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-affleck-black-ish-star-tracee-ellis-ross-teaming-with-hillary-clinton-on-voting-rights-fundraiser\/\" title=\"Ben Affleck, 'Black-ish' Star Tracee Ellis Ross Teaming with Hillary Clinton on 'Voting Rights' Fundraiser\">failed presidential bids<\/a> and 12 years as the leader of Iran\u2019s capital city, during which he built onto Tehran\u2019s subway and supported the construction of modern high-rises. He was recently re-elected as speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Many, however, know Qalibaf for his support, as a Revolutionary Guard general, for a violent crackdown on Iranian university students in 1999. He also reportedly ordered live gunfire to be used against Iranian students in 2003 while serving as the country\u2019s police chief.<\/p>\n<p>Qalibaf ran unsuccessfully for president in 2005 and 2013. He withdrew from the 2017 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists after his registration, Qalibaf said he would continue along the same path as Raisi and the late Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a figure revered by many in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obama-admin-actively-interfered-fbi-efforts-arrest-individuals-illegally-aiding-irans-nuclear-program-documents-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a> after his 2020 killing in a U.S. drone strike.<\/p>\n<p>Qalibaf insisted he would not allow \u201canother round of mismanagement\u201d to happen in the country and mentioned poverty and price pressures affecting Iranians as the country strains under international sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I didn\u2019t register, the work we have started for resolving economic issues of the people in the popular government (of Raisi) and the revolutionary parliament, and is now at the stage of fruition, will remain unfinished,\u201d Qalibaf said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will Iran become even more extreme in the coming years?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, it remains unclear what those plans actually would entail as Iran\u2019s rial currency again nears 600,000 to the dollar. The currency had been trading at 32,000 rials to the dollar when Tehran signed the 2015 nuclear accord with world powers.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s parliament plays a secondary role in governing the country, though it can intensify pressure on a presidential administration when deciding on the annual budget and other important bills. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 85, has the final say in all important state matters.<\/p>\n<p>A trained pilot, Qalibaf served in the paramilitary Guard during the country\u2019s bloody 1980s war with Iraq. After the conflict, he served as the head of the Guard\u2019s construction arm, Khatam al-Anbia, for several years leading efforts to rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>Qalibaf then served as the head of the Guard\u2019s air force, during which in 1999 he co-signed a letter to reformist President Mohammad Khatami amid student protests in Tehran over the government closing of a reformist newspaper and a subsequent security force crackdown. The letter warned Khatami that the Guard would take action unilaterally unless he agreed to put down the demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Violence around the protests saw several killed, hundreds wounded and thousands arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Qalibaf then served as the head of Iran\u2019s police, modernizing the force and implementing the country\u2019s 110 emergency phone number. However, a leaked recording of a later meeting between Qalibaf and members of the Guard\u2019s volunteer Basij force included him claiming that he ordered gunfire be used against demonstrators in 2003, as well as praising the violence used in Iran\u2019s 2009 Green Movement protests.<\/p>\n<p>Among those already registered are hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, another former parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, and former Iranian Central Bank chief Abdolnasser Hemmati, who also ran in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>More candidates may yet emerge. The country\u2019s acting president, Mohammad Mokhber, previously a behind-the-scenes bureaucrat, could be the front-runner because he has already been seen meeting with Khamenei. Also discussed as a possible aspirant is the former reformist, Khatami.<\/p>\n<p>But it remains unlikely Iran\u2019s Shiite theocracy will allow Ahmadinejad or Khatami them to run. A 12-member Guardian Council, a panel of clerics and jurists ultimately overseen by Khamenei, will decide on a final candidate list. That panel has never accepted a woman or anyone calling for radical change to the country\u2019s governance.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. 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We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. 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