By IRNA
Tehran : Leader’s representative to the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Hassan Rowhani and Mohammad Hashemi of the Expediency Council are seen as definite contenders in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The Mehr News Agency has learnt that Rowhani and Hashemi have finally come to a firm decision to take pert in the eighth parliamentary election and are likely to head the reformists’ parliamentary list.
Unlike what has been said by some reformist parties, former president Mohammad Khatami will not contest the next parliamentary vote, MNA said. Khatami has said he would back the reformist parties in the elections.
Rowhani acted as chief nuclear negotiator under the Khatami administration when he held the top job of the SNSC secretary.
Hashemi acted as vice president for executive affairs in the Khatami administration. He was also the IRIB director for 13 years.