NEW DELHI: Iran initiated the official registration for presidential candidates on Thursday for a snap election subsequent month, following the sudden demise of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
“Candidate registration for the 14th presidential elections started at 8am (0430 GMT)… on the inside ministry,” introduced the official IRNA information company.
Presidential hopefuls have a five-day window to register, IRNA stated.
Initially scheduled for 2025, the elections had been preponed resulting from Raisi’s surprising passing on Might 19.
Raisi and 7 people, together with overseas minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, had been killed when their helicopter crashed on a misty mountainside in northern Iran.
The Islamic republic’s supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed vp Mohammad Mokhber, 68, because the caretaker president after the accident, as per the constitutional directive.
State TV reported that “round 30 folks” got here ahead to submit their candidacies on Thursday however indicated, “none of them met the fundamental circumstances for qualification.”
In line with Iran’s electoral regulation, candidates should be aged between 40 and 75 and possess at the very least a grasp’s diploma.
Like earlier election cycles, the primary candidates from Iran’s key political factions are anticipated to submit their purposes nearer to the top of the registration interval.
The Guardian Council, a 12-member panel of jurists appointed or accepted by the supreme chief, will announce the ultimate record of candidates on June 11.
Throughout the 2021 presidential elections, this physique disqualified a number of reformist and reasonable candidates, resulting in the election of the ultraconservative Raisi.
That election witnessed a file low voter turnout, with solely 48.8% participation.
“Candidate registration for the 14th presidential elections started at 8am (0430 GMT)… on the inside ministry,” introduced the official IRNA information company.
Presidential hopefuls have a five-day window to register, IRNA stated.
Initially scheduled for 2025, the elections had been preponed resulting from Raisi’s surprising passing on Might 19.
Raisi and 7 people, together with overseas minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, had been killed when their helicopter crashed on a misty mountainside in northern Iran.
The Islamic republic’s supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed vp Mohammad Mokhber, 68, because the caretaker president after the accident, as per the constitutional directive.
State TV reported that “round 30 folks” got here ahead to submit their candidacies on Thursday however indicated, “none of them met the fundamental circumstances for qualification.”
In line with Iran’s electoral regulation, candidates should be aged between 40 and 75 and possess at the very least a grasp’s diploma.
Like earlier election cycles, the primary candidates from Iran’s key political factions are anticipated to submit their purposes nearer to the top of the registration interval.
The Guardian Council, a 12-member panel of jurists appointed or accepted by the supreme chief, will announce the ultimate record of candidates on June 11.
Throughout the 2021 presidential elections, this physique disqualified a number of reformist and reasonable candidates, resulting in the election of the ultraconservative Raisi.
That election witnessed a file low voter turnout, with solely 48.8% participation.
