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Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Iran on 19 May 2017. It will be the twelfth presidential election in Iran. Local elections will be held alongside of this election.
Eligibility
Any Iranian citizen born in Iran, believing in God and the official religion of Iran (Islam), who has always been loyal to the Constitution and is above 21 years of age may register as a presidential candidate. An institution called the Election Monitoring Agency (EMA) and managed by the Guardian Council vets registered candidates (in the 2009 election 36,000 people signed up as candidates) and selects a handful to run in the election. The Guardian Council does not announce publicly the reason for rejections of particular candidates although those reasons are explained to each candidate.
Electoral law
One of the issues that has been raised in the pre-election debate over electoral reforms, especially regarding enforcement, situations of candidates. Executive of elections under previous law was ministry of interior (Government) and there were statements about changing of maintaining law. In addition, the law provided that the candidates must be political men and the meaning of men was not known. The changes began after the protests to the previous election. According to Iranian law, candidates more than 75 years old are eligible to run but their health issues must be checked by the Guardian Council.
Timeline
According to the official dates announced on 1 April 2017 by the Ministry of Interior:
Major Candidates :
Hassan Rouhani - President of Iran (campaign)
Hamid Baqai - Former Vice President of Iran - Supported by Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad
Ebrahim Raisi - Trustee, Chairman of Astan Quds Razavi
Side Note : Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad has been advised by Supreme Leader of Iran to not participated in this election and so if he enter this election , then its more likly that he won't be approved by The Guardian Council ...
Eligibility
Any Iranian citizen born in Iran, believing in God and the official religion of Iran (Islam), who has always been loyal to the Constitution and is above 21 years of age may register as a presidential candidate. An institution called the Election Monitoring Agency (EMA) and managed by the Guardian Council vets registered candidates (in the 2009 election 36,000 people signed up as candidates) and selects a handful to run in the election. The Guardian Council does not announce publicly the reason for rejections of particular candidates although those reasons are explained to each candidate.
Electoral law
One of the issues that has been raised in the pre-election debate over electoral reforms, especially regarding enforcement, situations of candidates. Executive of elections under previous law was ministry of interior (Government) and there were statements about changing of maintaining law. In addition, the law provided that the candidates must be political men and the meaning of men was not known. The changes began after the protests to the previous election. According to Iranian law, candidates more than 75 years old are eligible to run but their health issues must be checked by the Guardian Council.
Timeline
According to the official dates announced on 1 April 2017 by the Ministry of Interior:
- 11 April - Start of the election process with the Minister of the Interior's order.
- 11–13 April - Establishment of Executive Boards by governors.
- 11–15 April – The official time of candidates registration.
- 15 April – The time for registration will be ended at 18:00 IRDT.
- 16 April – The Guardian Council will start vetting the registered candidates.
- 21 April – The Guardian Council will address the possible objections from disqualified candidates.
- 26–27 April – The final list of candidates will be announced.
- 28 April – Official propagation campaigns for the final candidates will begin.
- 17 May – End of campaigns.
- 19 May – Election date.
Major Candidates :
Hassan Rouhani - President of Iran (campaign)
Hamid Baqai - Former Vice President of Iran - Supported by Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad
Ebrahim Raisi - Trustee, Chairman of Astan Quds Razavi
Side Note : Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad has been advised by Supreme Leader of Iran to not participated in this election and so if he enter this election , then its more likly that he won't be approved by The Guardian Council ...
