Candidates for the presidency of Iran have been announced
The Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which oversees elections, has selected 6 of the 80 candidates registered to participate in the June 28 presidential election following the unexpected death of President Ibrahim Raisi. The nominees are mostly conservatives, and only one reformer can run, Middle East Eye writes.
Masoud Pezeshkian , a representative of Tabriz in Iran's parliament, criticized the government's lack of transparency during the nationwide protests sparked by the September 2022 death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in police custody.
Mostafa Pourmohammadi
Also, former Minister of Internal Affairs and former Minister of Justice Mustafa Purmuhammadi , Mayor of Tehran Alirizo Zakoni , Vice President Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh-Hashimi , Speaker of the Parliament Mohammad-Baghir Ghalibaf , Member of the Security Council of Iran Saeed Jalili will also take part in the elections. A number of high-ranking candidates were not allowed to participate in the election. In particular, the former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, also put forward his candidacy.
Amir Hossein Ghazizade-Hashimi
Masud Pezeshkian
Alirizo Zak ony
Muhammad-Baghir Ghalibaf
Said Jalili
Reformists in Iran say that despite the death of conservative President Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19, his faction may retain power.
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