Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian interior minister said that the presidential elections will be held on June 28th and in the case that any candidate cannot secure the majority to be elected as the president, a runoff will be held a week later on July 5.
The Constitutional Council of Iran alson known as the Guardian Council has begun to look into the files of people who have registered for candidacy in the upcoming presidential election.
Speaking to the national TV, the spokesperson for the Guardian Council Hadi Tahan Nazif said the vetting process got underway on Tuesday morning and will run for five days.
The registration process for the 14th round of Iran’s presidential election began on May 30 and ended on June 3.
All applicants are carefully vetted by the Guardian Council, which will announce the list of final candidates on June 11.
MNA