Iran Update, May 25, 2024
nothing specific
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-may-25-2024
Potential candidates for the June 28 presidential election:
Eshaq Jahangiri, former first vice president of Iran
Mohammad Reza Aref, Member of the Political Expediency Council
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Former Foreign Minister
Masoud Pezeshkian, Member of Parliament
Abdolnasser Hemmati, Former head of the Central Bank
Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, Secretary General of the Equality and Development Party
Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh, Head of the International Federation for Traditional Wrestling
Mohsen Hashemi, Son of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Larijani, Former head of parliament
Mohammad Mokhber, Acting President
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Current head of parliament
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Former President
Saeed Jalili, Representative of the Supreme Leader to the Supreme National Security Council
Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel, Advisor to the Supreme Leader
Alireza Zakani, Mayor of Tehran
Parviz Fattah, Head of the Executive Headquarters of the Imam’s Decrees
Abbas Johari, the secretary of the electoral headquarters of Tehran province, announced that the final list of candidates will be revealed on June 11. Following this, candidates will have 15 days to campaign.
Doubts remain that several of the above names, including former presidents and vice presidents, will make the final list, which is shrunk down by government to an average of about 8 final candidates.
Iran Update, May 26, 2024
ditto
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-may-26-2024