2021-05-15 12:05:31 GMT2021-05-15 20:05:31(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, May 15 (Xinhua) Iran s First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri on Saturday registered to run for the country s upcoming presidential election scheduled on June 18. I am coming (to elections) for providing openings in the life of people, development of Iran and to start a new phase for reforms, Jahangiri was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying on the sidelines of his registration.
Over the past years, Iran has faced various problems, and is currently in need of real openings in people s livelihood and comprehensive development of the country, he added.
2021-05-15 22:06:18 GMT2021-05-16 06:06:18(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, May 15 (Xinhua) A total of 592 people, mostly political unknowns, have registered for the 13th presidential election in Iran, Jamal Orf, head of the country s election campaign, said on Saturday.
Out of the total candidates, 40 are women and 552 are men, Orf was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying.
On Saturday, the last day of the registration process, three senior political figures announced their bid for the upcoming presidential election scheduled on June 18.
Iran s Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi as a principlist candidate, First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri as a reformist candidate, and former Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani as a moderate political figure officially registered for the campaign.
Iranians Find Their Voices On Clubhouse Ahead Of Poll By Amir Havasi
05/14/21 AT 8:31 AM
As Iran gears up for a presidential election, people from across the political spectrum are taking to the audio app Clubhouse as a rare forum for debate inside the country.
Chat rooms have been sprouting up every day on the invitation-only social media platform, some of them attracting thousands of listeners. Clubhouse is proving to be popular in Iran ahead of its presidential election next month Photo: AFP / -
Politicians from opposing factions have found their way to the app, along with an array of analysts, journalists and Iranians both at home and abroad.
Supreme Leader directly intervenes in Iran’s June vote IranSource by Anonymous
FILE PHOTO: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2021. Official Khamenei Website/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION/File Photo
The Guardian Council, a twelve-member body tasked with vetting election candidates, announced on May 5 that it was amending its criteria for those running for president. Among the changes: candidates must be between forty and seventy-five years old at the date of registration. That effectively disqualifies Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, who turns forty a month after the June 18 vote.
Iran ready to raise oil exports to 2.5m bpd post sanctions
Iran’s First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri has said the country is able to increase its oil exports up to 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) once the U.S. sanctions are lifted.
“Oil sales have dropped a lot, but now the situation is better, and we are in control. We will be able to increase oil exports to 2.5 million barrels per day after the removal of the sanctions,” Jahangiri said on Friday.
Iran has been ramping up its oil production over the past few months as talks for reviving the 2015 nuclear deal progress. Tehran has been negotiating its conditions for reviving the nuclear deal officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with the world powers since early April.