Ahmadinejad, Mousavi to hold TV debate
Wed, 20 May 2009 23:06:20 GMT
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and presidential hopeful Mir-Hossein Mousavi will hold a TV debate to clarify their plans.
The 90-minute debates will be held from 3 June 2009, as part a program put forward by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) for pair debates between the four qualified presidential hopefuls, ISNA reported.
The program has been arranged based on a ballot that was held by the representatives of the presidential hopefuls at the IRIB headquarters in Tehran on Wednesday.
Six 90-minute debates between the presidential hopefuls will be broadcast from Iran's "Channel 3" according to the following schedule:
Tuesday 2 June 2009, 18:00-19:30 GMT:
Mahdi Karroubi and Mohsen Rezaei
Wednesday 3 June 2009, 18:00-19:30 GMT:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Thursday 4 June 2009, 18:00-19:30 GMT:
Mohsen Rezaei and Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Saturday 6 June 2009, 18:00-19:30 GMT:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mahdi Karroubi
Sunday 7 June 2009, 18:00-19:30 GMT:
Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi
Monday 8 June 2009, 18:00-19:30 GMT:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mohsen Rezaei
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