Mohsen Rezaei on the campaign trail

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

[Saturday, June 5, 2021]

During the first TV presidential debate that was intended to revolve around economy, Rezaei attacked the administration of President Hassan Rouhani — under which Hemmati served as governor of the Central Bank until recently — for causing the national currency to sharply lose its value against the US dollar.

He said he had already warned of such circumstances at the same place eight years ago in front of that “worthless key,” Rouhani’s campaign symbol. The Rouhani administration, he added, resorted to unlawful means to reduce the budget deficit in the stock market.

Rezaei said they took advantage of the “people’s pockets” by encouraging them to invest en masse in the stock market, but later left them in limbo in the wake of the stock market’s crash.

He added that he would “definitely” act on his pledge to increase cash handouts to the Iranian people from the current monthly 455,000 Iranian rials (1.9 US dollars) to 4,500,000 — an increase of ten times.

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