What is the Reformists' Strategy in the Elections?

Despite the disqualification of many reformist candidates for the elections of the Assembly of Experts and the Islamic Council, Mohammad Reza Aref, head of the Reformists' Policy Council, stated in an interview with the Iranian Labor News Agency on Saturday that one of the reformists' plans is to coordinate with the supporters of the government. According to Aref, although there is a divergence between the reform movement and some parts of the establishment, the main strategy of the reformists is to reduce this gap. Qassem Shole Saadi, a university professor and former member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in Tehran, told Radio Farda that the reformists are deluded about their power and are more begging than utilizing their claimed capabilities. Morteza Mahdavi Azad, a journalist and political analyst in Germany, believes that despite the limitations, the reformists have managed to thwart the policies of their opponents in many cases. Qassem Shole Saadi identifies the main problem of the reformists as their lack of coordination and fear, which has led to their passivity, while Morteza Mahdavi Azad believes that the reformists are pursuing a specific strategy by preparing a blacklist. Mohammad Khatami, the former president who is banned from writing and appearing in media, also wrote on his website on the occasion of the 22nd of Bahman that what the nation must do is go to the polls to elect deserving candidates to prevent the entry of those who are further from the ideals and demands of the majority of society.