DUBAI: Iran’s hardline Guardian Council has banned former pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani from standing once more in an election in March for the Meeting of Consultants, which appoints and may dismiss the supreme chief, state media mentioned on Wednesday.
The 88-member meeting, based in 1982, supervises essentially the most highly effective authority however has hardly ever intervened straight in policy-making.
Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei is 84, so the brand new meeting is predicted to play a big position in selecting his successor since its members are solely elected each eight years.
Near moderates, Rouhani was elected president in a landslide in 2013 and 2017 on a promise to scale back Iran’s diplomatic isolation.
However the mid-ranking cleric angered political hardliners who opposed any rapprochement with the US “Nice Devil” after reaching a 2015 nuclear pact with six main powers.
The deal unravelled in 2018 when then-U.S. President Donald Trump ditched the settlement and reimposed sanctions which have crippled Iran’s financial system. Efforts to revive the pact have failed.
“There was no motive given for the Guardian Council’s resolution,” a supply near Rouhani advised Reuters, including that “no resolution has been made but for an enchantment” as Rouhani has three days to object.
“Rouhani has been a member of the meeting since 1999 for 3 phrases … It will likely be attention-grabbing to see what the rationale for his disqualification was.”
The 12-member Guardian Council, which oversees elections and laws, disqualified 80% of candidates operating for the meeting in its final election in 2016.
Reasonable politicians have accused the Guardian Council of disqualifying rivals, and mentioned that excluding candidates from the race undermines the vote’s legitimacy.
A low turnout for the upcoming elections is predicted, with Rouhani saying final week that almost all of individuals don’t wish to vote and that this can favour the ruling minority which depends on low turnout.
With Rouhani’s disqualification, the Guardian Council had made it clear that hardliners meant to maintain moderates away from the meeting, a pro-reform insider mentioned.
The Guardian Council has additionally disqualified lots of of hopefuls operating for the parliamentary election additionally to be held on March 1.
State media reported that solely 30 mid-ranking reasonable candidates have been certified to face for the 290-seat parliament. Round 12,000 hopefuls will run for parliament, state media reported.
The 88-member meeting, based in 1982, supervises essentially the most highly effective authority however has hardly ever intervened straight in policy-making.
Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei is 84, so the brand new meeting is predicted to play a big position in selecting his successor since its members are solely elected each eight years.
Near moderates, Rouhani was elected president in a landslide in 2013 and 2017 on a promise to scale back Iran’s diplomatic isolation.
However the mid-ranking cleric angered political hardliners who opposed any rapprochement with the US “Nice Devil” after reaching a 2015 nuclear pact with six main powers.
The deal unravelled in 2018 when then-U.S. President Donald Trump ditched the settlement and reimposed sanctions which have crippled Iran’s financial system. Efforts to revive the pact have failed.
“There was no motive given for the Guardian Council’s resolution,” a supply near Rouhani advised Reuters, including that “no resolution has been made but for an enchantment” as Rouhani has three days to object.
“Rouhani has been a member of the meeting since 1999 for 3 phrases … It will likely be attention-grabbing to see what the rationale for his disqualification was.”
The 12-member Guardian Council, which oversees elections and laws, disqualified 80% of candidates operating for the meeting in its final election in 2016.
Reasonable politicians have accused the Guardian Council of disqualifying rivals, and mentioned that excluding candidates from the race undermines the vote’s legitimacy.
A low turnout for the upcoming elections is predicted, with Rouhani saying final week that almost all of individuals don’t wish to vote and that this can favour the ruling minority which depends on low turnout.
With Rouhani’s disqualification, the Guardian Council had made it clear that hardliners meant to maintain moderates away from the meeting, a pro-reform insider mentioned.
The Guardian Council has additionally disqualified lots of of hopefuls operating for the parliamentary election additionally to be held on March 1.
State media reported that solely 30 mid-ranking reasonable candidates have been certified to face for the 290-seat parliament. Round 12,000 hopefuls will run for parliament, state media reported.
