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Politics
Al Jazeera Staff

Who’s in the running to be Iran’s next president?

Saeed Jalili, a former chief nuclear negotiator, is one of the leading candidates for the Iranian presidency in the upcoming June 28 election [File: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters]

Iran will be holding its presidential election on June 28 in a vote that has been brought forward from 2025 following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month.

While the ultimate head of the Iranian state is the unelected Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the president is the second-most powerful position.

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