Before formally announcing his candidacy, Khatami asked Khamenei's approval for entering the race. He said in a recent interview with the state-run media that his loyalty to the "Supreme Leader is not questionable."
Since the inception of the mullahs' regime in 1979, none of the sham elections held under their rule made any difference in the Iranian people's lives. As it has been proven over the years the last word is that of the mullahs' Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in all elections.