2024-07-01 13:44:53
Iran’s conservative presidential candidates might lose the June 28 elections as a result of they haven’t but united round one determine, Tehran Occasions columnist Mona Hojat Ansari mentioned, Day.Az studies, citing TASS.
A complete of 5 politicians will enter the race for the presidential seat. Amongst them are the Speaker of the Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the consultant of the religious chief within the Safety Council of the Republic Saeed Jalili, the Mayor of Tehran Alireza Zakani, the previous head of the Ministries of Inside and Justice Mostafa Pourmohammadi (all conservatives) and the previous Minister of Well being Masoud Pezeshkian (reformist). Initially, the Guardian Council of the Structure allowed six individuals to take part within the elections, nevertheless, the Vice President of the present Iranian authorities Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi introduced on June 26 that he withdrew his candidacy in favor of different conservative candidates.
The Tehran Occasions columnist emphasizes that the one reformist candidate Pezeshkiyan has secured the help of “key figures” within the camp of his comrades – the President of Iran from 1997 to 2005, Mohammad Khatami, and International Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif within the authorities of Hassan Rouhani, the President of the Islamic Republic from 2013 to 2021 12 months. Rouhani additionally supported Pezeshkiyan in a video message on June 26.
Ghazizadeh Hashemi, who withdrew his candidacy, warned in a press release on his web page on the social community X that “the opposition might unintentionally profit from the failure [консерваторов] attain consensus on the problem of a single candidate.” On the similar time, the publication emphasizes, neither Ghalibaf nor Jalili – the 2 predominant contenders for the publish of head of the republic’s govt department from the conservative wing – have but introduced their intention to withdraw from the presidential race, supporting their like-minded particular person.
There are not any classical political events in Iran – they don’t have a transparent construction and establishment of celebration membership. Politicians are conventionally divided into three camps: conservatives, reformists and moderates.
Early presidential elections in Iran will happen on June 28, 2024. They happen in reference to the dying of the nation’s president, Ebrahim Raisi. On Might 19, a helicopter with Raisi on board crashed in East Azerbaijan province in northern Iran. International Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and quite a lot of authorities officers from the Islamic Republic have been flying with him. All passengers and crew members of the plane have been killed.
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