TEHRAN [Iran], Six people, including Speaker of Iran Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, have been approved to run in the snap presidential elections, which are scheduled to be held on June 28 following the tragic demise of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in Iran . According to Al Jazeera.
Former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and Tehran mayor Alireza Zakani were allowed to run by the Guardian Council, a constitutional screening body; However, 74 other candidates were disqualified.
Ghalibaf, 62, a former head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) air force, served as the country's police chief before holding office as mayor of Tehran from 2005 to 2017 and as speaker of parliament four times. Year.
In 2005, 2013, and 2017, he entered the presidential race; Nevertheless, he stepped down in favor of Raisi.
Jalili, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's direct representative on the country's Supreme National Security Council, opted not to run in the 2021 election in preference to Raisi, who won almost easily.
The two most famous ineligible candidates are liberal contender and three-time former parliament speaker Ali Larijani, as well as populist former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was also ineligible to run in 2021, according to Al Jazeera.
Presidential elections in Iran were scheduled for 2025, however, the election was moved up due to Raisi's death in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran on 19 May. Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian also died in this tragic accident along with other Iranian officials.
Raisi, 63, was a key figure in succession planning for Iran's 85-year-old supreme leader and was predicted to win another term in office.
Former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and Tehran mayor Alireza Zakani were allowed to run by the Guardian Council, a constitutional screening body; However, 74 other candidates were disqualified.
Ghalibaf, 62, a former head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) air force, served as the country's police chief before holding office as mayor of Tehran from 2005 to 2017 and as speaker of parliament four times. Year.
In 2005, 2013, and 2017, he entered the presidential race; Nevertheless, he stepped down in favor of Raisi.
Jalili, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's direct representative on the country's Supreme National Security Council, opted not to run in the 2021 election in preference to Raisi, who won almost easily.
The two most famous ineligible candidates are liberal contender and three-time former parliament speaker Ali Larijani, as well as populist former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was also ineligible to run in 2021, according to Al Jazeera.
Presidential elections in Iran were scheduled for 2025, however, the election was moved up due to Raisi's death in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran on 19 May. Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian also died in this tragic accident along with other Iranian officials.
Raisi, 63, was a key figure in succession planning for Iran's 85-year-old supreme leader and was predicted to win another term in office.
