Some members of Qom Seminary Teachers Society support Velayati

TEHRAN,June 10(MNA) – A number of members of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom have issued a statement announcing their support for Ali Akbar Velayati in this month’s presidential election. The statement, published on Sunday, was signed by Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, the head of the supreme council of the society. The statement read that the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom called on the Iranian people to vibrantly participate in the June 14 presidential election to create another political epic. Velayati is the senior foreign policy advisor of the Supreme Leader. He served as Iran’s foreign minister for 16 years during the administrations of former prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.