Tehran, YJC. Hojatoleslam Ebrahimi has said that the Teachers Association does not officially endorse Velayati for the candidate was not agreed to by at least two third of the members.
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Hojatoleslam
Ali Ebrahimi said in an interview with Mehr News Agency "The Teachers Society
held a meeting on Friday June 7, where it was decided that an extraordinary
meeting be held for the members to express themselves on the existing
candidates in the course of presidential elections, discussing which one of the
candidates the Society would endorse.”
He added
"Accordingly, the Teachers Society held a meeting on Saturday June 8 to
evaluate candidates. After the discussions the majority of the members voted
for Mr. Velayati, but the agreement of two thirds of the members was needed in
order for the Society to issue an official announcement.”
Head
of the Teacher’s Society Office on the Seminary of Qom pointed to questions and
phone calls to the office asking about the Society’s support for a special
candidate and said "Accordingly, Ayatollah Yazdi in a letter conveyed the
opinion of the majority of the members of the Teachers Society who had stated
their support for Mr. Velayati in written statements.”
He stressed
the point that what has been issued as the Teachers Society opinion is a letter
and not an announcement and added "Issuing an announcement on any subject by the
Teachers Society is possible only with a two third majority which was not realized
in this case.”