Candidates

Saeed Jalili

Saeed Jalili, the candidate for the 14th presidential term, was born in Mashhad in 1965. Before that, he was the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and the head of Iran's nuclear negotiating team with Western countries. In 2013, he was nominated in the 11th round of the presidential election, and won more than 4 million votes and came third. Since than, Jalili has been a member of the Expediency Council and a representative of the Supreme Leader in the Supreme National Security Council.

Massoud Pezeshkian

Massoud Pezeshkian, the candidate for the 14th term of the presidency, was born in September 1954 in Mahabad city of West Azarbaijan province. He was the minister of health in the second government of Mohammad Khatami and in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th terms of Parliament, he continuously represented Tabriz in the parliament. He was also the first deputy speaker in the 10th parliament.

Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf

Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf" is a candidate for the 14th term of the presidency, born in the month of September 1961 in Torghaba, Mashhad. In 1994, he was elected as the commander of the construction camp of Khatam-ul-Anbiya, and three years after that, in 1997, by the order of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution, he was appointed as the commander of the Air Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and was appointed as the commander of the police force in 2000. After running in the presidential elections, Qalibaf was elected as the mayor of the capital city in 2005 by the vote of the Islamic Council of Tehran and remained in this position for three consecutive terms for 12 years. As a representative of the people of Tehran, he entered the 11th parliament and assumed this responsibility as the 6th Speaker of the Islamic Council.Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf was also elected as a representative of the people of Tehran in the 12th Parliament and was elected as Speaker of the Parliament in the first session of the 12th Parliament with 198 votes.

Mustafa Pourmohammadi

Mustafa Pourmohammadi", a candidate for the 14th presidential term, was born on January 3, 1959. He started his activity as a prosecutor of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, and worked as a prosecutor of Khuzestan, Hormuzgan, Kermanshah and Khorasan until 1986. He was the Deputy Minister of Information from 1997 to 1999. He was the candidate of the 14th term of the presidential election between 2005 and 2008, the minister of the interior of the 9th government, and from 2008 to 20113, he was the head of the General Inspection Organization of the country. Pourmohammadi became the Minister of Justice in 2013 and with the inauguration of the 11th government for four years. He is currently working as the Secretary General of the Fighting Clergy Society and is also the head of the Islamic Revolution Documentation Center.

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Third Day of Registration of Candidates for Presidential Election

The registration of candidates for the 14th term of the presidential election has started on Thursday (May 30, 2024). The registration process continues for 5 days, it will take 7 days to check the qualifications and 14 days for campaign of the candidates. Voting for the presidential election will be held on June 28.