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Over 680 hopefuls for Iran's presidential poll
Sunday May 12, 2013 10:48:35 AM,
RIA Novosti
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Tehran: A
total of 686 hopefuls, including 30 women, have registered for
Iranian presidential election due June 14, the country's interior
minister Mustafa Mohammad-Najjar has said.
The youngest candidate is 19 years old and the oldest one is 87
years old, the minister said Saturday.
The registration for candidates in the country’s presidential race
started for Guardian Council, the most influential body in Iran,
May 7 and ended Saturday.
In 2009, 475 hopefuls registered as candidates for the
presidential election. However, only four of them were approved by
the Guardian Council, a body controlled by Iran’s Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Guardian Council has five days to decide on the eligibility of
candidates. If necessary, the body could ask for another five
days.
The Iranian president is elected for a four-year term in a
national election.
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