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Jason Brodsky is a senior Middle East analyst and editor at Iran International TV. He previously served as policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and before that, worked in a variety of capacities at the Wilson Center. Brodsky is a former White House fellow where he served in the Executive Office of the President. OPINION — The election of Ebrahim Raisi to Iran’s presidency matters. Raisi is the first onetime head of the judiciary to assume the post since 1979. His predecess...

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Iran’s presidential election will do little to boost frontrunner Ebrahim Raisi’s popular legitimacy

This week, the Guardian Council disqualified in masse candidates who registered to run for president, sparking outrage and paving the way for Ebrahim Raisi to attain the presidency without serious challengers. Meanwhile, a new round of Vienna talks has started and Iranian officials say a deal is clo

Brief Analysis The regime is seemingly removing any obstacle that might prevent Ebrahim Raisi from winning the presidency and, perhaps, succeeding Khamenei down the road, but the risk of further eroding its internal legitimacy is high. Iran’s presidential campaign offered up a “May surprise” this week, with the Guardian Council announcing that several prominent candidates had been disqualified from running in the June 18 vote. Although mass disqualifications are nothing new for the regime...

Ebrahim Raisi, the former head of the Astan Quds Razavi religious foundation, with Iran’s Supreme Leader (File) UPDATE, MAY 25: Iran’s Guardian Council has approved only seven candidates for the June 18 Presidential election. Spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei said the list was sent to the Interior Ministry late Monday. He did not give the names of the approved candidates. Rumors have circulated that the Council had again blocked some leading politicians from candidacy, including 1st Vice Pres...

Is Ahmadinejad set for a comeback? May 21, 2021 Share As the Islamic Republic of Iran approaches its 13th presidential election, a number of conservative candidates have registered, including Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Generals Saeed Mohammad and Mohsen Rezaei, former Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani, and Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi. From the reformist camp, Mostafa Tajzadeh, a former adviser to President Mohammad Khatami, and Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri have announce...

The fourth round of Vienna talks on reviving the JCPOA ended on an upbeat note. The EU’s Deputy Secretary says he is confident an agreement will be reached. However, various diplomatic sources believe an agreement will not be possible until after Iran’s election. Iran’s parliamentarians are also tak

Signs of decay Yassamine Mather looks at Iran’s presidential hopefuls and what passes for their rival programmes The final round of Iran’s presidential elections are less than a month away, yet we still do not know the list of ‘accepted’ candidates. Last week the current president, Hassan Rouhani, criticised the latest set of rules decided by Shoraye Negahban (the Guardian Council), insisting that the council had no legal authority to impose new criteria for presidential election candid...

2021-05-17 10:05:16 GMT2021-05-17 18:05:16(Beijing Time) Xinhua English TEHRAN, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Irans Constitutional Council, which supervises elections in the country, on Sunday started the process of vetting the large number of registered presidential hopefuls, of whom a few number would qualify, with heavyweights already in the spotlight. As scheduled, the vetting body will release the names of qualified candidates by May 27. The nominees will have 20 days to campaign before the El...