He is credited for successfully navigating the Iranian economy during a bloody eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s . Wife of presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi generates huge crowds . The Iranian government has been cracking down on the opposition since 2009 and is now trying to crush it with a combination of arrests and violence. ` This is the first time after the Revolution we see a lady behind the president '' Could draw young voters in Iran , where median age is 27 .
Wife of presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi generates huge crowds . The Iranian government has been cracking down on the opposition since 2009 and is now trying to crush it with a combination of arrests and violence. ` This is the first time after the Revolution we see a lady behind the president '' Could draw young voters in Iran , where median age is 27 .