Iran has commenced the official registration process for presidential candidates, preparing for a snap election next month to succeed the late Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash.
According to IRNA news agency, the presidential candidate registration began at 8 am (0430 GMT) on Thursday, May 30.
“Candidate registration for the 14th presidential elections began at 8 am (0430 GMT)… at the interior ministry,” the official IRNA news agency said.
IRNA added that Presidential candidates will have five days to register.
The presidential election in Iran was originally slated for 2025 but were brought forward following Raisi’s unexpected death on May 19, 2024.
Recall that SUMMIT NIGERIA reported that, Late Raisi and seven members of his entourage, including foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, were killed when their aircraft came down on a fog-shrouded mountainside in northern Iran.
The Islamic republic’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has since assigned vice president Mohammad Mokhber, 68, as caretaker president in accordance with the constitution.
On Thursday, state TV reported that “around 30 people” came forward to submit applications for candidacy, but “none of them met the basic conditions for qualification”.
According to AFP report, Candidates must be between the ages of 40 and 75 and have at least a master’s degree, according to Iran’s electoral law.
A final list of candidates will be announced on June 11 by the Guardian Council, a 12-member body of jurists whose members are either appointed or approved by the supreme leader.
AFP
