To underline his modest lifestyle Iran’s former prime minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who has emerged as a possible candidate for June’s presidential election on Friday, drove to a big gathering of senior supporters in the cheapest compact car in the market – a South Korean Pride.
While he did not speak and avoided eye contact to avoid questions Mr Mousavi’s rare presence at such a gathering of mainly reformists – including former president Mohammad Khatami – was considered by analysts as an indication that he was at least seriously considering campaigning for president.
A simple lifestyle was one of the main factors that helped populist president Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad win a landslide in 2005. Hardly any Iranian politician is seen as capable of challenging that simplicity in June other than Mr Mousavi, a premier from 1981 to 1989, who has a reputation for being honest, humble and a supporter of the masses.
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