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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 President Es’haq Jahangiri and former Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani. The claims were fed by Fars, th...

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 announced their candidacy for the upcoming June elections. Meanwhile, the candidacy of former President Mahm...

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 candidates - they had barred anyone younger than 40 and older than 75. When the registration started, the ...

2021-05-17 10:05:16 GMT2021-05-17 18:05:16(Beijing Time) Xinhua English TEHRAN, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Iran's 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 Election Day on June 18. REGISTRATION PROCESS The five-day registration process ended on Saturday and...