Iran’s Constitutional Council approves seven candidates to run in the country’s presidential election set to be held on June 18.

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Principlist lawmaker Alireza Zakani represents the city of Qom in Iran’s 11th Parliament (Majlis).

Abdolnasser Hemmati, mainly seen as a moderate politician, is a senior economist and currently serves as governor of the Central Bank of Iran.

Reformist politician Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh formerly served as vice president and head of the National Sports Organization of Iran under ex-President Seyyed Mohammad Khatami.

Seyyed Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi is a Principlist lawmaker, who currently serves as the legislature’s first vice speaker.

The spokesman of Iran’s Constitutional Council rejects speculation that the vetting body’s disapproval of a number of high-profile presidential hopefuls could reduce the turnout in the forthcoming election.

Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, Iran’s Judiciary chief and a candidate in the June 18 presidential election, says he negotiated quietly to secure the qualification of more candidates following a move by vetting body Constitutional Council to disqualify a number of prominent figures.

May the 11th saw Presidential Candidates registering with the Interior ministry until May 16th, and June the 18th will see ballots cast in Iran.

Iran’s Interior Ministry releases a final list of the candidates found qualified by the Constitutional Council to run for president in the June 18 election.