Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Ex president Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reportedly did not pass the selection of prospective candidates to participate in the presidential election this year.
According to news agency reports Fars and IRNA, which is quoted Middle East EyeOn Tuesday (25/5), Ahmadinejad along with two other candidates, namely the former Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Ali Larijani, and politician Eshaq Jahangiri did not pass the selection of presidential candidates conducted by the Guardian Council.
It was reported that there were seven Iranian presidential candidates who passed the selection. They are Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Amirhossein Ghazizadeh-Hachemi, former Secretary General of the Supreme Council for National Defense Saeed Jalili, former commander of the Revolutionary Guards Corps General Mohsen Rezaei, MP Alireza Zakani, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnaser Hemmati, and former Vice President of Iran. Mohsen Mehralizadeh.
Ahmadinejad’s expulsion from the stock exchange for the presidential candidate had actually been predicted in advance. Because he also did not pass the selection for the presidential candidate in 2017.
It is reported that 600 people have registered as potential candidates for this year’s Iranian presidential election.
With the vote due next month, no favorite figure has emerged among the many rumored candidates.
Most likely the problems raised in this year’s presidential election are the handling of the corona virus pandemic, the solution to the economic crisis, and Iran’s foreign policy regarding the nuclear program and sanctions from the United States.
What should be watched out for is that if the elected president comes from a hardline group, it will likely hamper the process of nuclear agreement negotiations and the lifting of economic sanctions against Iran.
Iran urged the US to lift sanctions first before returning to discussing the nuclear agreement. Meanwhile, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, rejected the proposal and asked Iran to return to compliance with the nuclear agreement before lifting economic sanctions.
Whoever wins on June 18 will replace Rouhani, a relatively moderate figure in the Islamic Republic, who has served two terms, starting with Iran reaching a nuclear deal.
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