Abdol-Hossein Rouhol-Amini served as a campaign adviser to presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei, a conservative.

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"People have no money in their pockets, " Mr. Rezaei said.

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In addition to Mousavi, two other challengers -- former parliament speaker Mahdi Karoudi, another reformist, and hardliner Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Expediency Council -- are hoping to unseat Ahmadinejad in the June 12 election.

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