Iran’s Constitutional Council says it will only vet those presidential hopefuls who have submitted documents in accordance with the body’s recent interpretation of the law.

Iran’s Constitutional Council sets new criteria for presidential candidates.

An Iranian political commentator defends the work of Iran’s Constitutional Council, which is responsible for vetting candidates in general elections, arguing that electoral systems everywhere in the world have a mechanism for filtering out unfit candidates.

The Council is a body of legal and Islamic jurists tasked with interpreting the Constitution, supervising elections and determining the compatibility of parliamentary legislation with the Constitution.

The Iranian Constitutional Council on Saturday officially launched its English service ahead of the country’s presidential election on June 18.