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Iran's eight presidential candidates will today participate in their second live televised debate. The last debate ended in a fiasco after candidates criticized the format and said it was demeaning. The topic of the last debate was Iran's ailing economy, Today candidates are set to discuss their cultural policies.
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Read @GEsfandiari on #Iran presidential candidate Ali Akbar Velayati's tears. http://t.co/O5SpIpGMnA #iranelection
— RFE/RL (@RFERL) June 5, 2013
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Iranian on social media are ready for Debate :D#iranelection
— Nariman Gharib (@ListenToUs) June 5, 2013
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The debate will start at 4:00PM Tehran time, 7:30AM EST.
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Here we go.
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Presenter: today we will discuss cultural and social issues.
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Presenter: I will invite the candidates randomly to take to the podium and answer questions. They will have 4 minutes.
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Other candidates will then have time to react.
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Mohsen Rezai is first.
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Rezai has four minutes to explain his cultural and social policies.