{"id":319992,"date":"2024-05-30T14:57:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=319992"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:57:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:57:07","slug":"iran-news-clerical-regime-opens-presidential-candidate-registration-amid-political-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anews\/iran-news-clerical-regime-opens-presidential-candidate-registration-amid-political-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: Clerical Regime Opens Presidential Candidate Registration Amid Political Turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-319993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iran-parliament-majlis-fighting-29052024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iran-parliament-majlis-fighting-29052024.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iran-parliament-majlis-fighting-29052024-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iran-parliament-majlis-fighting-29052024-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iran-parliament-majlis-fighting-29052024-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iran-parliament-majlis-fighting-29052024-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iran-parliament-majlis-fighting-29052024-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a press announcement by Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian regime&#8217;s Minister of Interior, the registration for presidential candidates has commenced and will continue for five days. This process follows the death of Ebrahim Raisi, the regime\u2019s president, in a helicopter crash on May 19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the death of Raisi and other senior officials, Supreme Leader <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ebrahim-raisi\/how-irans-regime-entered-crisis-management-mode-after-raisi-death\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Khamenei called<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on state officials to promptly set the stage for new elections and make sure there is no void or reason for unrest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In accordance with the regime\u2019s constitution, a new presidential election must be held within 50 days in the event of a president&#8217;s death. Therefore, the registration period for presidential candidates will remain open until June 3. Subsequently, the Guardian Council will have seven days to vet \u201cthe candidates&#8217; qualifications.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khamenei\u2019s Blueprint for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Regime\u2019s Next Government<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o1Z49BMhR7\">https:\/\/t.co\/o1Z49BMhR7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1793644804053852292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohsen Eslami, spokesperson for Iran&#8217;s Election Headquarters, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isna.ir\/news\/1403031006837\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">informed ISNA News Agency<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that &#8220;in the initial hours, 30 individuals came forward to register as presidential candidates, but none met the necessary qualifications for definitive registration after document review.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the schedule released by the Ministry of Interior, the final list of approved candidates will be announced on June 11. Historical patterns suggest that only those candidates approved by the Guardian Council\u2014a body that operates under the directives of the Supreme Leader\u2014will be allowed to participate in the sham election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the last presidential election in 2021, the Guardian Council disqualified a significant number of prominent political figures, including former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, then-Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri, and even former Speaker of Parliament and Khamenei\u2019s advisor Ali Larijani. The sham election was met with an unprecedented overwhelming boycott by the Iranian people and the blank vote came in second after Ebrahim Raisi.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Raisi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Raisi<\/a>\u2019s Death Cripples Khamenei\u2019s Decade-Long Project to Maintain Rule over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ibcs5oMwbB\">https:\/\/t.co\/ibcs5oMwbB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1793254230997766179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The upcoming election, originally scheduled for June 2026, has been advanced due to Raisi&#8217;s death and will now take place on June 28. As the clerical regime readies for this expedited electoral cycle, the political atmosphere remains fraught, with the regime&#8217;s tight grip on candidate approvals expected to fuel factional strife and conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday, May 29, despite Khamenei&#8217;s efforts to mitigate political tensions within the newly formed 12th parliament, heated discussions among its members and protests against the Parliament Speaker&#8217;s decision on whether to proceed with a vote erupted into physical altercations.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press announcement by Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s Minister of Interior, the registration for presidential candidates has commenced and will continue for five days. 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