Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh on the campaign trail

Read quick updates on what Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh says on the campaign trail below. Check routinely for new content.

[Saturday, June 5, 2021]

During the first televised presidential debate themed on economy, Mehr-Alizadeh sidestepped a question on tax evasion to criticize the disqualification of some Reformist figures by the Guardian Council from running for president.

According to Press TV, Mehr-Alizadeh said given “doubts about election engineering” and given Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s assertion that some of the presidential hopefuls must be compensated for having been wronged in the vetting process, “is supporting a specific individual on agenda?” apparently referring to his rival Seyyed Ebrahim Ra'eisi, currently serving as the Judiciary chief.

The Reformists claim that the disqualification of their hopefuls were meant to clear the way for Ra'eisi, who is seen as the Principlist camp’s favorite candidate, to win the election.

Further in the debate, he said he considered a removal of the obstacles to production as a principle on his economic agenda, which envisages a set of incentives to promote production and a series of measures to prevent tax evasion and increase the administration’s revenues.

Elsewhere, he warned against the dangers facing the country’s environment and said one of the main threats is the formation of certain councils, whose powers and duties are unclear and which seek to exercise influence in the policies of the Environment Department.

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