TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Dancing in public is not allowed in Iran, but thousands could hardly contain themselves at a recent presidential campaign rally in the capital city, Tehran.
On this day, the deafening cheers were not for presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi, but rather for his wife -- a woman some are calling Iran's Michelle Obama.
The comparisons to the first lady of the United States stem from the role Zahra Rahnavard is playing in her husband's quest for the presidency.
Never in the history of Iranian presidential elections has a candidate put his wife in the forefront of his campaign.
Wherever Mousavi -- a centrist candidate -- goes, Rahnavard is usually nearby.
"We look at her and we say, 'we want to be like her in the future, ' " said Shakiba Shakerhosseie, one of 12,000 people who packed into Tehran's indoor Azadi (Freedom) sports stadium to hear Rahnavard speak.
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2 comments:
Regardless of who becomes the figurehead, the Supreme Leader Khammenei is still running things.
Your right TGCN but after 8 years of Bush/Cheney we don't have room to talk or even say Iran is wrong. We know now Bush was just a puppet and was pushed out as show time. Now at lease we know the Supreme Leader is the ruler but who knew Cheney was acting President of the United States of America. Looks like President Obama has got his own following in Iran as every candidate is using his success.
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