The first Iranian Presidential debate occurred three days ago and featured all eight candidates. The debate was not without controversy, though, as several of the participants called the format into question. The following articles discuss the debate and the aforementioned controversy.
The first article comes from the BBC's Persian language site, www.bbc.co.uk/persian.
The first article comes from the BBC's Persian language site, www.bbc.co.uk/persian.
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The title translates: IQ Test (تست هوش) in First (نخستین) Debate (مناضره)
The subtitle in red translates loosely as: The candidates (نامزدها) prescription (نسخه) for healing(شفابخشي) the country's (کسور) economy (اقتصاد) was not given (تجويز نكردن) The full article in Ghanoon is much longer, but it essentially describes part of the debate's format which was structured as multiple choice questions. Candidates were prompted with a question by the debate moderator, and asked to respond with one of three answers (hence the tongue and cheek title 'IQ Test.' Several of the candidates called the format childish and refused to participate. Some journalists have speculated that the debate was structured in such a way to avoid any explosive confrontations, like the one that broke out between President Ahmadinejad and challenger Mousavi in 2009. As a little background, here is a link to the debate between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi. Ahmadinejad, who was facing criticism following the discovery that one of his political appointees had lied about his possession of a doctoral degree, presented a file on Mousavi's wife. Ahmadinejad then claimed Mousavi's wife had falsely obtained her advanced degrees and then illegally secured a position as president of an Iranian university. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luvx4gwgdSg Also, here is a link to a collection of scenes from the last debate when things were breaking down and some candidates refused to answer questions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNOVvIbbuBU |
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