TEHRAN – Two former potential presidential candidates of the Popular Front of Revolution Forces urged unity after the candidates were cut down from 10 to 5.

Rostam Qassemi and Mohsen Rezaee, two former IRGC figures, in separate statements said the members of the front are required to oblige by the general choice to win elections, Nasim reported on Saturday.

On Thursday the front chose the custodian of Imam Reza shrine Hojjatoleslam Raeisi, former MPs Alireza Zakani and Mehrdad Bazrpash, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, and Imam Khomeini Relief Committee chairman Parviz Fattah as its latest shortlist of potential candidates.

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