Candidate registration begins for Iran’s June presidential election

TEHRAN,May 8(MNA) – The registration of candidates for Iran’s upcoming presidential election started on Tuesday and ends on May 11. The 11th presidential election is scheduled to be held on June 14. Sixty-two hopefuls registered for the election on the first day. Five of the candidates, who registered, are well-known political figures, namely former nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani, former housing and urban development minister Mohammad Saeedikia, former vice president for scientific affairs Sadeq Vaezzadeh, former health minister Kamran Baqeri-Lankarani, and former MP Mostafa Kavakebian. According to the Constitution, the Guardian Council is tasked with vetting election candidates.