Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili says he will practically deal with the problems of inflation, unemployment, and housing, if he wins the June 14 election.\n<\/p>\n
Addressing a gathering of his supporters in the northern Iranian province of Golestan, the Principlist candidate referred to high prices, unemployment and housing as major problems of the country, saying all previous administrations in Iran faced the same problems, but failed to eliminate them.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThen why was that [goal] not achieved? Because many of these issues must be tackled practically inside state institutions,\u201d Jalili said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Jalili, who is serving as secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said despite all the differences of opinion that the previous governments had, they do not have any differences over the need to confront these issues. <\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201c[They all agree that] high prices should decrease, unemployment should drop,\u201d the presidential candidate added.\n<\/p>\n
Jalili is facing five rivals, namely, President of the Expediency Council\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Center for Strategic Research Hassan Rohani, Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, Secretary of the Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei, former Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Velayati and former Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Gharazi.\n<\/p>\n
The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term in a national election. Nearly 50.5 million Iranians are eligible to vote in the upcoming presidential poll.\n<\/p>\n
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