TEHRAN – A member of the central council of the National Trust party has sent his thanks to Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf for having stepped out of the presidential race.

“His votes will not go to Mr. Raisi…. But will go to Rouhani’s basket,” Mohammad Javad Haqshenas told the Islamic Republic News Agency on Monday.

He added that Qalibaf stepped down unsatisfied with the Popular Front of Revolution Forces because they were not going to endorse him as their final candidate.

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