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Monday, 17 May, 2021 - 10:30 Saeed Mohammad, a former Revolutionary Guards general, registers as a candidate for the presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran May 11, 2021. (WANA via Reuters) London, Tehran - Asharq Al-Awsat The phenomenon of the “shadow candidate” is prevailing in Iran’s presidential race scheduled for June 18, amid a high number of participants from the both the reformist and conserva...

Iran will hold presidential elections on June 18 and despite considerable efforts by the authorities, the battle at the ballot box is set to be a lifeless affair. A solid majority of Iranian voters have by now entirely lost hope that voting makes any difference. Actual turnout could be as low as 20% as compared to the 73% recorded in 2017. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the unelected supreme leader who has ruled over Iran since 1989, is not on the ballot. Nor are the Revolutionary Guards, the armed def...

Tehran, Iran – Top candidates to become Iran’s next president signed up on the last day of registration on Saturday and the overwhelming majority were conservatives, drawing a backlash from the moderate government. Ebrahim Raisi, the current conservative head of the judiciary, is considered by analysts most likely to become Iran’s eighth president in the June 18 elections. In a statement hours before coming to the interior ministry to sign up, 60-year-old Raisi said he wants to form a “...

Friday, 14 May 2021 1:34 PM   [ Last Update: Friday, 14 May 2021 2:33 PM ] Iranian national Nasser Forqani, hoping to run in the 2021 presidential election in Iran, holds up his identification documents to reporters at the election headquarters of the Iranian Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, on May 14, 2021. (Photo by IRNA) The number-one choices of the Principlist and Reformist political camps for candidacy in Iran’s 2021 presid...

Registration Period for Presidential Candidates Begins The registration period for individuals seeking to run for president has begun.  Presidential aspirants have five days to register with the Interior Ministry, from May 11 to May 15. Then, the 12-member Guardian Council vets the candidates from May 16-20, which can be extended to May 25. On May 26-27, the Interior Ministry will release the final list of approved candidates. The official campaign season is from May 28-June 16, and the electi...

Ebrahim Raisi, the former head of the Astan Quds Razavi religious foundation, with Iran’s Supreme Leader (File) Judiciary head Ebrahim Raisi, the hardline favorite in Iran’s Presidential election in June, has registered his candidacy. Raisi lost the 2017 contest to President Hassan Rouhani. However, conservatives have eroded Rouhani’s position since then, taking a majority in Parliamentary elections last year. Raisi has led in opinion polling and is considered the preferred candidate of t...

May 12, 2021 In his first address as the registration process for Iran’s presidential election kicked off, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outlined desirable traits of the next administration in Iran. In the televised address, Khamenei clarified previous remarks he had made about the next administration being “young.” He said that he did not mean a Cabinet made up of people in their low- to mid-30s and that it was important to learn from individuals who have more experien...

Iran begins registering candidates for key presidential poll Candidates vying for presidency in Iran were given five days to register their bid in an election that is expected to revolve around the economy and the fragile nuclear deal. Former Revolutionary Guards official Saeed Mohammad registers his candidacy for Irans presidential elections at the Interior Ministry in Tehran on May 11, 2021. - ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images May 12, 2021 The registration of candidates for Irans Ju...

Nasser Karimi And Jon Gambrell A woman holds prayer beads as she crosses an intersection in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) May 11, 2021 - 9:45 AM TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran opened registration Tuesday for potential candidates in the countrys June presidential election, kicking off the race as uncertainty looms over Tehrans tattered nuclear deal with world powers and tensions remain high with the West. President Hassan Rouhan...

Registration opens for hopefuls in Irans presidential vote NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press May 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 21 1of21Elections headquarters staff work to register candidates for the June 18, presidential elections at the interior Ministry in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Iran opened registration Tuesday for potential candidates in the countrys June presidential election, kicking off the race as uncertainty looms over Tehrans tattered nuclear ...