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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 conservative camps. The advisor to the Iranian spiritual guide for cultural affairs and the head of the coal...

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 defenders of the Islamic Republic’s theocratic system. These two institutions wield the real power in...

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 “people’s government for a strong Iran” that would fight corruption and improve the country’s e...

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 presidential election have yet to put down their names for the race, one day before the registration of ho...

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 election is on June 18. The registration period has started amid a controversy over new criteria announced...