Iran's reformist former president Mohammad Khatami has revealed he is considering running for the post again next year, the local press reported on Sunday. A number of reformist parties and prominent figures have called on Khatami to stand in the June 12 election but he said he has two conditions before he will agree to be a candidate.
"My first condition is reaching an agreement with the people on their expectations. The Iranian people have a historical and heartfelt desire for freedom, progress and justice," he was quoted as saying in the reformist newspaper Kargozaran.
"(I) will present my programmes to the people in the future," said Khatami, who served two terms as president from 1997 until 2005 when he was succeeded by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "I need to see to what extent these programmes can be implemented within the existing (power) structures," he said, without elaborating.