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Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi – ‘An administration seeking dialog with people’
May 26, 2021 03:35Seyyed Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi is a Principlist politician and member of the Parliament (Majlis), who has represented Mashhad and Kalat electoral district at Iran’s legislative chamber since 2008. He currently serves as the legislature’s first vice speaker.
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Rouhani urges high turnout in Iran presidential election
May 26, 2021 03:25President Hassan Rouhani described popular votes as a guarantee of the establishment’s legitimacy and a symbol of freedom of choice, calling on all people to attend the upcoming polls that will elect his successor.
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Candidates announced, cleared to start campaigning for the upcoming Presidential Elections
May 25, 2021 07:47Interior Ministry has released a final list of the candidates found qualified by the Guardian Council to run for president in the June 18 election, officially clearing them to start campaigning.
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Raeisi says negotiated quietly to secure qualification of more candidates
May 25, 2021 15:46Hojjat al-Islam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, Iran’s Judiciary chief and a candidate in the June 18 presidential election, says he negotiated quietly to secure the qualification of more candidates following a move by vetting body Guardian Council to disqualify a number of prominent figures, including Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri.
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Rostam Qassemi becomes second prominent candidate to withdraw, endorse Raeisi
May 25, 2021 03:12Former Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi has become the second prominent presidential hopeful to drop out of the June 18 election and endorse the Principlist camp’s best presumptive bet Ebrahim Raeisi.
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Vetting of Iranian presidential hopefuls over, ‘only seven’ candidates approved
May 25, 2021 01:47Iran’s Constitutional Council has confirmed that it has finished vetting individuals hoping to run for president in the June 18 election and that it has handed over a final list of approved candidates to the Interior Ministry.
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Hossein Dehqan, 1st general to register in Iran’s presidential race, drops out in favor of Ebrahim Raeisi
May 25, 2021 00:46Former Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has dropped his bid to run for president in Iran’s June 18 election in favor of Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, the chief of the Judiciary.
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Mohammad Shariatmadari – ‘An administration of inclusive social dialog’
May 24, 2021 11:01Mohammad Shariatmadari is currently the minister of cooperatives, labor and social welfare. He is viewed as a moderate figure in the Reformist camp while sharing some views with the Principlists.
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Masoud Pezeshkian – ‘An administration relying on people to help Iran overcome challenges’
May 24, 2021 10:52Reformist politician Masoud Pezeshkian currently serves as a lawmaker in Iran’s 11th Parliament (Majlis). He has represented the cities of Tabriz, Osku, and Azarshahr at the three previous parliaments, as he does now.
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Ali Larijani – ‘An administration run by skilled hands, bent on bolstering natl. unity’
May 24, 2021 01:20Ali Larijani served as speaker of Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) from 2008 to 2020. Larijani is largely associated with the Principlist camp, while some believe he is closer to the Reformists. He has said he will be running in the June 18 presidential election “independently.”