In a bizarre turn of events, senior parliamentary Principalist Ahmad Amirabadi announced on Twitter that he was not running for President. On Monday, Amirabadi declared that he was resigning from the Presidium of the Parliament in order to register for the presidential election. Today on Twitter, he apologised saying that what he meant to say was that he was resigning to avoid conflict of interest as he intends to be involved in the campaign in one capacity or another.