IFP - Iran�s former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili says he used to be a rival of Hassan Rouhani during the 2013 presidential elections, but he feels duty-bound to support him if he does something that serves the country�s interests.�



Speaking in a meeting on Wednesday, Jalili said, �If a good thing is being carried out, we should support it. We should not keep silent or try to undermine it because it is not performed by our favorite party.�

�We should not be indifferent; we must encourage doing the right things,� he noted, according to a Farsi report by Tasnim.

Jalili, who is the Leader�s representative at the Supreme National Security Council, also noted that due to the political differences, good things are seen less frequently.

�A revolutionary person cannot be indifferent to what is happening in the country. If we find a fault somewhere, we must stop it in order to have it corrected through legal ways.�

He further mentioned that it is impossible to wait for the president or a minister to solve all the problems saying that all the people must contribute to resolving the issues.

�When we talked about a Shadow Government, this did not mean that we want to create a party. The shadow government means anyone who believes in the Islamic revolution has a duty to follow up the country�s developments,� he concluded.

Jalili was Rouhani�s rival in the 2013 presidential votes, and one of the key alternatives of conservatives in the 2017 elections. However, after the re-election of Rouhani in 2017, he said he has established what he calls a Shadow Government as a major critic of the incumbent administration.