Iran’s hard-line former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a brand new bid for workplace Sunday by registering for the election later this month, in keeping with the state media.
The Islamic Republic goes to the polls on June 28 to interchange ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19.
Ahmadinejad, 67, held the put up for 2 straight phrases from 2005 to 2013, a interval marked by a standoff with the West particularly over Iran’s nuclear program and his provocative remarks on Israel.
Like all presidential hopefuls, his bid is pending the approval of the Guardian Council, a physique of 12 jurists that vets all candidates for public workplace.
Ahmadinejad was beforehand disqualified from coming into the presidential race within the 2021 and 2017 elections.
“I am confident that all the country’s problems can be solved by making maximum use of national capacities,” he mentioned after submitting his bid on the Interior Ministry on Sunday.
Nationwide protests broke out towards Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election in 2009 and the state’s response led to dozens of deaths and 1000’s of arrests.
Candidate registration opened on Thursday and closes on Monday.
Other distinguished figures together with reasonable ex-parliament speaker Ali Larijani and ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, have additionally registered their bids.
The Guardian Council will announce the ultimate checklist of candidates on June 11 after it has accomplished its vetting procedures.
Source: www.dailysabah.com