Always chosen as a candidate when sure to be defeated.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

to defeat terrorists. "The forces of terrorism in our region pose a grave threat to the entire civilized world, and have to be defeated,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

He was said to be the son of an advisor to another defeated presidential candidate, Mohsen Rezaie.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25