TEHRAN, May 16, YJC - Iranian Presidential hopeful Esha’aq Jahangiri quit presidential race in favor of incumbent President Hassan Rouhani.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - "We will vote for Rouhani along with you,” he said in a speech in Shiraz, southern Iran on Tuesday, adding, "I call on all reformists, principalists and moderates to vote for Rouhani,” he added.
In a statement issued on Monday, Tehran Mayor, Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf announced his official
withdrawal from 2017 presidential elections and asked his supporters to
apply all their efforts for the success of other presidential candidate Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi’s Work
and Dignity Government.