Iran approves 6 candidates
\nSnap election due to take place on June 28 after death of President Ebrahim Raisi in helicopter crash
\n DUBAI
\nIran\u2019s Guardian Council, which oversees elections and legislation, disqualified Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and issued names of approved six candidates to run for president in snap elections to be held later this month after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Iranian media reported Sunday.
\nOn the list are Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Iran\u2019s hardline parliament speaker and former Revolutionary Guards commander, Saeed Jalili, a conservative, who was former chief nuclear negotiator and ran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei\u2019s office for four years and Tehran\u2019s conservative mayor Alireza Zakani, media reported. The list, announced on state TV by the Election Office spokesperson, also includes Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist lawmaker, Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a hardliner and a former interior minister, and Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi a conservative politician.
\n\u201cWith the announcement of the final list of candidates, their electoral activities start officially,\u201d state TV said.
\nThe election is due to take place on June 28.
\nThe Council disqualified hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and former parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, a prominent conservative, state media said.
\nIn a Sunday post on social media site X, Zakani said he would \u201ccompete until the end to continue the path of\u201d Raisi.
\nAccording to Iran\u2019s electoral law, campaigning should officially start from Sunday until 24 hours before the elections.
\nOthers including moderate ex-parliament speaker Ali Larijani and Vahid Haghanian, a former commander in Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards, were also barred from contesting the post.
\nFour women had also registered their candidacy but were disqualified, as has been the case for all presidential elections since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
\nIran\u2019s presidential elections were originally slated for 2025 but were brought forward following Raisi\u2019s unexpected death on May 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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