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Iran s Guardian Council announced the list of approved candidates for the June 18 presidential elections. The seven in the list, leaked earlier this week by Fars News, are almost all conservative or hardline followers.
Although the Guardian Council can disqualify any candidate, Ayatollah Khamenei can ultimately amend the list. While the list has surprised many, the exclusion of former Parliament speaker Ali Larijani, who was seen as a frontrunner and main challenger to Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi, was expected.
These are the candidates:
Ebrahim Raisi Ebrahim Raisi, head of Iran s judiciary leaves a news conference after registering his candidacy for the June 18 presidential elections at the elections headquarters of the Interior Ministry in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 25, 2021 at 10:45 pm | Published in: Iran, Middle East, News
A general view of Parliamentary session in Tehran, Iran on October 22, 2020. Iranian Members of the Parliament also follow the presidential elections of U.S. [Fatemeh Bahrami - Anadolu Agency] May 25, 2021 at 10:45 pm
Seven candidates will be vying for Iran s presidency in the elections scheduled on June 18, including five conservatives and two reformists,
Anadolu Agency reports.
Many top reformist candidates, including a key ally of President Hassan Rouhani, were disqualified by Iran s top election supervisory body Guardian Council. The approved names by announced by the Interior Ministry on Tuesday.
The disqualification of key reformists candidates has reportedly drawn the ire of the incumbent president, who is believed to have written a letter to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei protesting against the decision.
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