List of candidates in the 2013 Iranian presidential election

This is a list of candidates in 2013 Iranian presidential election which was held on 14 June 2013. This list includes candidates who announced, withdrew, declined or were disqualified their nomination for the election.

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The candidates are listed in below in four groups (conservatives, reformists and independents). More than 40 people registered for the election.

Coalition Party Picture Name Last political post Level
Announced Registered* Withdraw Qualified Votes
Principlists Progression Alliance
(2+1)
  Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf
(born 1961)
Mayor of Tehran
(since 2005)
Yes Yes No Yes 6,077,292
  Ali Akbar Velayati
(born 1945)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1981–1997)
Yes Yes No Yes 2,268,753
  Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
(born 1945)
Chairman of the Parliament
(2004–2008)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Abadgaran
(Cabinet Alliance)
  Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
(born 1960)
Chief of Staff of the President
(since 2009)
Yes Yes No
  Sadeq Vaeez Zadeh
(born 1964)
Head of National Elites Foundation
(2005–2009)
Yes Yes Yes
  Mohammad Reza Rahimi
(born 1949)
First Vice President
(since 2009)
Yes Yes Yes
  Ali Akbar Javanfekr
(born 1959)
Managing-Director of IRNA
(since 2010)
Yes Yes Yes
  Sadeq Khalilian
(born 1959)
Minister of Agricultural
(since 2009)
Yes Yes Yes
  Ali Nikzad
(born 1954)
Minister of Housing
(since 2011)
Yes No
  Mehdi Chamran
(born 1941)
Chairman of City Council of Tehran
(since 2003)
Yes No
  Nasrin Soltankhah
(born 1963)
Head of National Elites Foundation
(since 2009)
No No
  Gholam-Hossein Elham
(born 1959)
Minister of Justice
(2006–2009)
No No
  Hamid Baqai
(born 1969)
Head of Presidential Center
(since 2011)
No No
Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
(Paydari)
  Saeed Jalili
(born 1965)
Secretary of Supreme National Security Council
(since 2007)
Yes Yes No Yes 4,168,946
  Kamran Bagheri Lankarani
(born 1965)
Minister of Health
(2005–2009)
Yes Yes Yes
  Parviz Fattah
(born 1961)
Minister of Energy
(2005–2009)
Yes No
Conservatives Majority Alliance
(Aksariat)
  Manouchehr Mottaki**
(born 1953)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
(2005–2010)
Yes Yes No
  Hassan Aboutorabi Fard
(born 1953)
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
(2010–2011)
Yes Yes Yes
  Mohammad Reza Bahonar
(born 1951)
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
(since 2004)
Yes No
  Yahya Ale Eshaq
(born 1949)
Minister of Commerce
(1993–1997)
Yes No
  Mostafa Pourmohammadi
(born 1959)
Minister of Interior
(2005–2008)
Yes No
United Front of Conservatives
(Motahedan)
  Alireza Zakani
(born 1965)
Member of the Parliament
(since 2004)
Yes Yes No
  Ali Larijani
(born 1958)
Chairman of the Parliament
(since 2008)
No No
Resistance Front of Islamic Iran   Mohsen Rezaee
(born 1954)
Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council
(since 1997)
Yes Yes No Yes 3,884,412
Haghani Circle
(Motahedan)
  Ali Fallahian
(born 1945)
Minister of Intelligence
(1989–1997)
Yes Yes No
  Abulhassan Navab
(born 1958)
No political post Yes Yes No
  Ruhollah Ahmadzadeh
(born 1956)
Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization
(2011–2012)
Yes Yes No
  Parviz Kazemi
(born 1958)
Minister of Welfare
(2005–2006)
Yes Yes No
  Alireza Ali Ahmadi
(born 1959)
Minister of Education
(2006–2009)
Yes Yes Yes
Reformists Moderation and Development Party   Hassan Rouhani
(born 1948)
Secretary of Supreme National Security Council
(1989–2005)
Yes Yes No Yes 18,613,329
Green Movement
(Green Path of Hope)
  Zahra Rahnavard
(born 1934)
No political post No No
Democracy Party   Mostafa Kavakebian
(born 1963)
Member of the Parliament
(2004–2012)
Yes Yes No
Islamic Iran Participation Front
(Jebhe Mosharekat)
  Mohammad Reza Aref
(born 1951)
First Vice President
(2001–2005)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
  Mohsen Mehralizadeh
(born 1956)
Head of National Sports Organization
(2000–2005)
Yes No
  Masoumeh Ebtekar
(born 1960)
Head of Department of Environment
(1997–2005)
No No
Executives of Construction Party
(Sazandegi)
  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
(born 1934)
President
(1981–1997)
Yes Yes No
  Mohammad Shariatmadari
(born 1960)
Minister of Commerce
(1997–2005)
Yes Yes Yes
  Eshaq Jahangiri
(born 1957)
Minister of Industries
(1997–2005)
Yes Yes Yes
  Mohammad-Ali Najafi
(born 1952)
Minister of Education
(1989–1997)
No No
National Trust Party   Elias Hazrati
(born 1961)
Member of the Parliament
(1988–2004)
Yes Yes No
House of Labours   Hossein Kamali
(born 1953)
Minister of Labour
(1989–2001)
Yes No
  Ebrahim Asgharzadeh
(born 1955)
Chairman of City Council of Tehran
(1999–2003)
Yes Yes No
  Akbar A'lami
(born 1954)
Member of the Parliament
(2000–2008)
Yes Yes No
  Ghasem Sholeh-Saadi
(born 1962)
Member of the Parliament
(1996–2008)
Yes Yes No
  Javad Etaat
(born 1963)
Member of the Parliament
(2000–2004)
Yes Yes Yes
  Masoud Pezeshkian
(born 1954)
Minister of Health
(2001–2005)
Yes Yes Yes
Independents   Mohammad Gharazi
(born 1941)
Minister of Post
(1985–1997)
Yes Yes No Yes 446,015
  Mohammad Saeedikia
(born 1946)
Minister of Housing
(2005–2009)
Yes Yes No
  Hassan Sobhani
(born 1953)
Member of the Parliament
(1996–2008)
Yes Yes No
  Mohammed Bagher Kharrazi
(born 1959)
No political post Yes Yes No
  Ahmad Kashani
(born 1947)
Member of the Parliament
(1980–1988)
Yes Yes No
  Davoud Ahmadinejad
(born 1950)
Chief of Staff of the Presidential House
(2005–2008)
Yes Yes Yes
  Tahmasb Mazaheri
(born 1953)
Governor of Central Bank
(2007–2008)
Yes Yes No
  Ramin Mehmanparast
(born 1956)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
(2010–2013)
Yes Yes Yes
  Hooshang Amirahmadi
(born 1947)
No political post Yes Yes No
  • * Registrations took place from 7 to 11 May 2013.
  • **Mottaki left the party on 10 May 2013.[1]

Alliances

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Principlists

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Cabinet Alliance

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated he will not endorse anyone or interfere in the election to choose his successor,[2] however he announced he will support Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei if he will be confirmed, two other cabinet members, Mohammad-Reza Rahimi and Sadeq Khalilian are also registered without the support of Ahmadinejad:

Progression Alliance

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The following three candidates also known as 2+1 formed a coalition between themselves that one of the three will register for the election and the remaining two will support him, however all of those registered and the main candidate will be announced in a later which it is possible that all will be enter to the elections. This coalition consist of:[3]

This political group was founded by former Ahmadinejad ministers and supporters who believe in his election message but they are not supporting his actions anymore. For the following election, their main candidates are among Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Saeed Jalili and Parviz Fattah.[4][5] Kamran Bagheri Lankarani was elected as their candidate on 20 April 2013.

The following announced candidates will also chose one with most popularity to officially register for the election. On May 9 after selection of Aboutorabi Fard was announced, Mottaki declared he will not accept this selection and will run separately:[6]

The main candidate was elected by a majority vote of the congress on 10 May 2013:

Despite being associated with the CCA, Hassan Rouhani was not supported by the party as he progressed in the election. The party eventually had no candidate that they directly supported.

Reformists

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Hassan Rouhani announced his registration after his mentor Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was disqualified. Rouhani had gained heavy reformist support throughout his election campaign, with himself being a centrist moderate with ties to the conservative faction.

On 15 January 2013, Democracy party elected their party leader, Mostafa Kavakebian as their sole candidate for the upcoming election. Kavakebian also said that he will withdraw if Mohammad Khatami announced his candidacy.[citation needed]

The party elected Hossein Kamali as their candidate on 22 November 2012 but Kamali withdrew on 11 May 2013. The supporting candidate will be elected on 25 May 2013.[citation needed]

After Mohammad-Ali Najafi announced he will not register for the election, the party announced their support for Hassan Rouhani after their candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was disqualified:

Mohammad Khatami was considered to be a very popular frontrunner with a lot of support in the election, but he was eventually disqualified, the party then announced their support for Hassan Rouhani:

Mohammad-Reza Aref eventually became the sole reformist in the final confirmed group of candidates in the election. He withdrew on the advice of Mohammad Khatami so the vote would not be split between Aref and Hassan Rouhani, Aref upon withdrawing immediately announced his support for Rouhani.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mottaki left CMA
  2. ^ "احمدی نژاد در پاسخ به سوال خبرنگار فارس/ 2 دولت در انتخابات دخالت نخواهد کرد/ به دنبال حضور ۴۷ میلیونی هستیم". Farsnews.com. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  3. ^ "خبرآنلاین - حدادعادل: بین من و ولایتی و قالیباف، یک نفرمان نامزد می شویم/ اصلاح طلبان برای انتخابات تجدید نفس کرده اند". Khabar online. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  4. ^ "لنکرانی:چمران گزینه جبهه پایداری نیست/ مذاکره انتخاباتی با سعید جلیلی". Asri Iran. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  5. ^ "نبویان: احمدی‌نژاد قسم خورد دنبال کسی نیست". Tabnak. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  6. ^ "ایسنا - کاندیدای نهایی ائتلاف اکثریت اصولگرایان نیمه دوم اردیبهشت اعلام می‌شود". ISNA. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
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