“People in Azerbaijan would choose a better candidate if there is freedom there,” Iranian MP Mohammad Esmayil Sayidi told the Anaj news agency of Iran in an interview.

The Iranian MP touched upon the presidential elections to be held on October 9 in Azerbaijan and said, “The elections in Azerbaijan are a protocol and the presidential post is hereditary. Ilham Aliyev will continuously be on the post of Heydar Aliyev. People in Azerbaijan would choose a better candidate if there is freedom in the country.”

Touching upon the issue of the political prisoners Esmail Sayidi has noted, “I know most of the political prisoners personally and they are innocent I should say, their only fault is that they have opposed the policy of Ilham Aliyev. They haven’t endangered the Azerbaijani security. Every Muslim has the right to freely express his opinion on the value system.”