Former Iran Parliament speaker Ali Larijani in race for President
31-May-2024 10:05 PM 8480
Tehran, May 31 (Reporter) Former speaker of Iran’s Parliament, Ali Larijani, has registered to run for the Iranian presidential elections on June 28. The elections were necessitated following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others in a chopper crash on May 19. Larijani, former head of the Shura Council and a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, served as speaker from 2008 to 2020. Earlier on Thursday, the registration process for candidates vying for the Iranian presidential snap elections commenced. Nominees began registering for the elections at a ceremony held at the Interior Ministry in Tehran on Thursday morning. In addition to Larijani, the former head of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, has emerged as another candidate in the upcoming elections. Holding key positions as the current representative of the Leader of the Revolution and the Republic in the council, Jalili is renowned for his steadfast stances on foreign policy, particularly regarding negotiations and relations with the West and the United States. Additionally, parliamentarians Mohammad Reza Sabbaghian and Abbas Moghtadaei, along with the leader of the reformist "Mardom Salari" party, Mostafa Kavakebian, and Ghodrat Ali Heshmatian, have also registered. The 14th session of the presidential elections is scheduled for June 28. The registration process will span over five days, followed by a seven-day period during which the Guardian Council will review the candidates' eligibility. Subsequently, a 14-day electoral campaign period will commence. Iran's Guardian Council and the Elections Commission decided that elections would be held on June 28 to appoint a new president for the country on July 8. According to the approved electoral calendar, candidates will be registered during the period from May 21 to June 3. Then, the Constitutional Council will study the eligibility of candidates between June 4 and June 10. Then, on June 11, the Ministry of Interior will announce the approved candidates and the electoral campaigns will continue afterward until June 26. Finally, if no candidate wins a majority of votes on June 28, a runoff will be held on July 5...////...
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