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| Iran's Mohammad Reza Aref quits presidential race | Iran's Mohammad Reza Aref quits presidential race |
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| A leading reformist candidate in this week's Iranian presidential election, Mohammad Reza Aref, has dropped out of the race, his website says. | A leading reformist candidate in this week's Iranian presidential election, Mohammad Reza Aref, has dropped out of the race, his website says. |
| Mr Aref said the head of the reformist movement, Mohammad Khatami, had asked him to withdraw. | Mr Aref said the head of the reformist movement, Mohammad Khatami, had asked him to withdraw. |
| There have been recent calls for Mr Aref to quit in favour of moderate candidate Hassan Rowhani. | There have been recent calls for Mr Aref to quit in favour of moderate candidate Hassan Rowhani. |
| Most of the six remaining candidates in the poll are conservatives close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. | |
| Conservative Gholam Ali Haddad Adel withdrew his name on Monday. |