Iranian presidential candidate's election HQ concerned over arrests
The election headquarters of the Iranian presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani has issued a statement, expressing concern over the recent arrest of people in the Jamaran mosque in Tehran, Mehr news agency reported.
The Iranian police arrested a number of people during a promotional meeting of presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani on June 1.
Saeedollah Badashti, the head of the headquarters of the young followers of Hassan Rouhani, was among the arrested people, the reformist website Kalame reported.
Mehr also reported that people chanted revolutionary slogans, supporting Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the two candidates who protested the results of 2009 presidential election. The people also voiced support for Hassan Rouhani.
Before the meeting, hundreds of people chanted slogans, including "Our detained leaders should be freed", and "Political prisoners should be freed."
Rohani, a centrist candidate, is the director of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council.
Iran will hold the 11th presidential election on June 14.
The voters will select the successor of the current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is not able to participate in the elections for the third term according to the country's constitutional laws. The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term.
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