Iranian Interior Minister Ahmed Vahidi said that his country began the process of registering candidates for the early presidential elections scheduled for next month, Thursday, after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
“The examination process will take seven days, after which qualified candidates will have approximately two weeks to campaign,” Wahidi added to state television.
After the five-day registration period, the Guardian Council, which oversees elections and legislation, will examine the applications of presidential candidates.
On June 11, the Council will publish a list of the names of candidates qualified to run in the competition.
Official Iranian media reported that Saeed Jalili, the former chief negotiator in the nuclear file and director of Khamenei’s office for four years starting in 2001 and the most prominent conservative leader, applied to run in the elections.
Jalili did not succeed in a previous attempt in 2013, and he also withdrew from the presidential election race in 2021 in support of Raisi.
Informed sources said that the registration of candidates could include Parviz Fattah, a former member of the Revolutionary Guard.
The names of Mohammad Mokhber, the country’s interim president, and Ali Larijani, the former speaker of parliament and advisor to Khamenei, have also been mentioned in Iranian media as possible candidates.
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