Former minister Mohammad-Hassan Nami today announced he will run for President, revealing his electoral slogan “A Return to Ethics and Reliance on Domestic Capability”. Nami has held several roles in the regular army, including as military attaché in North Korea, and cited his decades of administrative experience when explaining why he was running. Nami is one of several candidates who are former members of the Ahmadinejad administration, including Rostam Ghasemi, Ali Nikzad and Fereydoon Abbasi.