Presidential candidate Alireza Zakani has criticized the President Hassan Rouhani administration for “failing to get the necessary guarantees” in a nuclear deal with major world states that was struck in 2015.

Reformist candidate Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh’s campaign calls on the Iranian people to exercise their national right and turn out en masse in the June 18 presidential election to help bring “a third Khatami administration” to office.

Reformist presidential candidate Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh says a competitive economy can bolster production and consequently help contain rising prices.

Iranian presidential candidate Alireza Zakani says the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program is staged by Western governments in pursuit of their “neo-colonialist” goals, and that the Americans will ‘beg’ and remove all the sanctions on Iran if he wins the election.

Presidential candidate Saeed Jalili says his eight years of research and consultations with experts have shown beyond doubt that the next administration can not only manage the country’s affairs properly but also make it take a leap forward.

Campaignings for Iran's upcoming presidential vote gets underway as the final list of the qualified contenders is released.

Presidential candidate Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi began his election campaign on Wednesday (May 26) with two events: a meeting with businessmen and a visit to Tehran Grand Bazar.

Presidential candidate Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says he will work, if elected, to promote the country’s economic relations with its neighbors first, and the rest of the world community next, as part of the measures on his agenda to tackle the people’s economic problems.

This video gives you details about elections and the electoral system in Iran.

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