The decision to hold the elections was taken after a meeting led by Vice President Mohamad Mojber – who holds the position of interim president – together with the Speaker of Parliament, Mohamad Baqer Qalibaf, and the head of the judiciary , Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejei. .
Iranian authorities have agreed to hold presidential elections on June 28 to choose the successor to Ebrahim Raisi, who died on Sunday after a helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan province (northwest of Iran).
The decision was taken after a meeting chaired by the Vice President, Mohammed Mojber -who holds the position of Acting President together with the Speaker of Parliament, Mohamad Baqer Qalibaf, and the Head of the Judiciary, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejei.
In particular the candidates can register with the presidency from May 30 to June 3. Likewise, according to the official IRNA news agency, the election campaign will begin on June 12 and end on June 27.
Raisi was appointed president of the country after winning the 2021 elections, when he succeeded moderate Hassan Rouhani – who had already served his two-term limit – after winning a landslide victory after the main reformist and moderate candidates from the race had been removed. the return of ultraconservatives to power in the Central Asian country.
Although the next elections are scheduled for next year, his death in the above-mentioned helicopter accident – in which his Foreign Minister, Hosein Amirabdolahian, was also traveling – forces the application of the constitutional clauses to these situations, which provide for the holding of elections in less circumstances than two months.
Article 131 of the Iranian Constitution provides for the establishment of a ‘council’ composed of the chairman of the Consultative Assembly, the head of the judiciary and the first vice president to ‘organize the elections for a new president, within a maximum period of 50 days,” which the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, already approved earlier in the day.
Source: EITB
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