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The eight candidates who won approval to stand in Iran's presidential elections to be held in June.
The eight candidates who won approval to stand in Iran's presidential elections to be held in June.

Live Blog: Presidential Debate In Iran

In Tehran on May 31, the eight men approved to stand in Iran's presidential election on June 14 debated the issues live on Iranian state TV. RFE/RL's Golnaz Esfandiari live-blogged the debate.

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The debate is held two weeks before the June 14 presidential election.
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Second debate, to be held next week, is due to focus on cultural issues.
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The third debate will focus on domestic and foreign policy.
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Gharazi the first candidate to answer questions.
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Q for Gharazi on how he will deal with unemployment.
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Gharazi says all Iranian governments have had a role in creating inflation.
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Gharazi says first inflation should be solved. He doesn't say how he would do that.
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next candidate is Qalibaf.
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Qalibaf: we need to take short term and long term measures to solve the coutry's unemployment problem.
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Haddad Adel is next. Each candidate has 90 seconds to answer the question about unemployment.

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