Tehran, Dec 28, IRNA -- Former minister of science, research and
technology Mostafa Moin on Tuesday announced his candidacy in the
upcoming presidential election campaign.
After a meeting with members of the Islamic Iran Participation
Front (IIPF), he said he accepted the call from the reformist
political party for his candidacy.
"The country's problems forced me to avoid giving negative reply
to these request and to announce my candidacy for the upcoming
presidential election," he said.
Moin said that under the current global situation, it is the time
to believe in the people and go ahead with reform.
Citing opinion polls on the presidential election conducted last
October and November, he said that it is promising for the reformists
indicating that the extent to which the intellectuals and the
academics have influence over the people's decisions.
He said that he belongs to a generation who suffered from the
corruption of the Pahlavi regime and he has a reserve of experience in
administrative affairs he gained since victory of the Islamic
Revolution.
He said that he opposes the dependence of the economy on oil
revenues and that he believes scientific methods should be adopted to
restructure the economy through reliance on the young population of
the country.
He expressed concern over outflow of the elite students and
promised to enforce attractive plans to stop brain drain.
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