Tehran, YJC. Lawmaker says that being a statesman is a key prerequisite for presidential candidacy, which means that the political figure’s political direction must have religious origins.
Mohammad
Dehqan, member of the Board of Directors of the Majlis, said "These guys must
resolve political issues with religious approaches. Politics whereby one plans
only to rise to power and act a Machiavellian way does not qualify.”
He
then addressed oppositions concerning the role of the Guardian Council where
people are supposed to choose their favorite for themselves, saying "According
to the Constitution, the Guardian Council must approve the qualification only of
the tactful, religious, and Iranian-born statesmen with executive capabilities.”