Two-Day Presidential Election Not Allowed: Iran’s Interior Minister
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The law prohibits holding of the presidential election in Iran in two days, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the interior minister said the law stipulates that the presidential election in Iran must be held in a single day, not in two days.
He said the Interior Ministry has received many views about holding the election under the coronavirus pandemic and has studied the election process in foreign countries after the COVID-19 outbreak.
A deputy of the ministry had announced in November that the Ministry of Interior has proposed holding the next year’s presidential election in two days considering the coronavirus restrictions.
The next presidential election in June 2021 will be held simultaneously with city council and midterm parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections.
Candidates hoping to run in the next elections are to apply in early April for approval. The final list is to be announced by the Guardian Council in early June.
Under Iran’s law, an incumbent president cannot run for a third term if he has already served for two consecutive terms in office.
