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Six candidates have been approved to run for the presidency in an election to be held on June 28.

Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and five other conservatives approved to run in snap vote on June 28.

Who is allowed to run will be key to understanding whether political elite want to govern the country or manage crises.

The death in a helicopter crash of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, on May 19 has triggered a presidential election one year earlier than expected. It’s a consequential moment in Iranian politics as many believed that Raisi was being groomed to take over as supreme leader on the death of…

About 80 candidates put names forward for vetting against backdrop of confrontation with west

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and others see an opportunity but it remains unclear who will be qualified by the Guardian Council.

As official mourning for Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi ends, here are some of the names of his potential successors

The caretaker foreign minister’s name has been heavily involved in Iran’s nuclear programme negotiations over the years.

Bodies of helicopter crash victims taken to capital via Qom, while power struggle is under way before election

Shamkhani was the second-longest-serving security chief since the 1979 revolution.