More Information about Iran Election 2017 Candidates
TEHRAN (Basirat): The Iranian Interior Ministry on Thursday announced the names of 6 candidates that have been qualified to run in the May 19 presidential election.
Iran's election headquarters, in an official statement released on Thursday, declared the names of 6 candidates that have been qualified to run in the upcoming election.
The list includes incumbent President Hassan Rouhani, First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, custodian of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH) in the city of Mashhad Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi, former minister Seyed Mostafa Agha Mir-Saleem, and former Vice-President Seyed Mostafa Hashemi Taba.
Three of the candidates, including Rouhani, Jahangiri and Hashemi Taba are from the reformist camp, while the other three, namely Rayeesi, Qalibaf and Mir-Saleem are from the Principlist stream.
Here are some more details about the background and careers of each candidate:
Rouhani: Born on 12 November 1948. President since 2013, member of the Expediency Council since 1991 and the Assembly of Experts - the vetting body that elects the country’s leader - since 1999; also a former vice-speaker of the Iranian parliament, and secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council from 1989 to 2005.
Jahangiri: Born on 21 January 1958. First vice-president since 2013, minister of mines and metals under Khatami's presidency from 1997 to 2005, former governor of Isfahan and a former MP.
Qalibaf: Born on 23 August 1961. Mayor of Tehran, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ Air Force from 1997 to 2000, commander of the Law Enforcement Police Forces from 2000 to 2005 and a former commander of the IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbia Base.
Rayeesi: Born on 14 December 1960. Chief custodian of Astan Quds Razavi, the organization managing the affairs of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH) - the eighth Shiite Imam - in the city of Mashhad, member of the Assembly of Experts from South Khorassan Province since 2006 and former attorney general of Iran’s Administrative Court of Justice from 2014 to 2016.
Agha Mir-Saleem: Born on 9 June 1947. Member of the Expediency Council. He was a senior aide to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei during his presidency, former minister of culture and Islamic guidance in 1994 and former caretaker of the Presidential Office.
Hashemi Taba: Born in 1946. Vice-president under former Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami, former minister of industries and former head of the Sports Organization
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SOuRCE: Fars news agency
