Iran presidential candidates

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on the candidates in the race for the upcoming presidential election to avoid making remarks that may gratify the enemies of Iran.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s more historically reliable opinion polls indicate President Hassan Rouhani is likely to win his bid for re-election on Friday. Yet his conservative challengers have put up a stronger fight than many expected, attacking his government’s economic record and accusing him of failing to improve living standards for the poor.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s presidential election shifted toward a straight fight between moderate incumbent Hassan Rouhani and a leading conservative cleric, a contest that polls suggest is too close to call.

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of Elections HQ Ali Pourali Motlagh said on Monday that none of the candidates have officially withdrawn from the scene of presidential campaign, but some issues have been raised on social media.

EghtesadOnline: Poverty takes the center stage in Iran's presidential campaigning as candidates travel across the country to take their message to the voters ahead of an expected close race on Friday.

EghtesadOnline: Some 70.6 percent of the Iranians eligible to vote in Iran’s upcoming presidential election are expected to turn out at polling stations on Election Day, a new poll has found.

EghtesadOnline: The six candidates contesting the 12th Iranian presidential election face off in the second live televised debate.

EghtesadOnline: Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, who is running in the forthcoming Iranian presidential election, has hit back after another contender, Hassan Rouhani, filed a complaint with the country’s Election Campaign Monitoring Committee about allegations leveled against him during a recent live TV debate.

EghtesadOnline: Iran will hold a presidential election in less than three weeks. The six candidates approved on April 20 by the country’s Guardians Council will likely center their campaigns on what matters most to voters: the Iranian economy.

EghtesadOnline: Ebrahim Raisi, the conservative cleric seeking to unseat Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in this month’s election, said the country’s historic nuclear accord with the West is legitimate and should be respected.

EghtesadOnline: Aryan, a 26-year-old with a master’s degree in engineering, showed impeccable timing when he returned home to Tehran from Canada. It was early 2016, and a decade of economic sanctions was drawing to an end, boosting Iran’s economy and kicking off a scramble for the country’s small pool of white-collar professionals. The job offers piled up. “Abroad, you’re a small fish in a big pond,” says Aryan as he unwinds in a garden cafe after a day spent drafting investment strategies for clients of the European consulting firm he works for. (He asked that his last name and the name of his employer be withheld.) “Here, each person can be the first to launch something or become a leader in their field.”

EghtesadOnline: The six candidates in the 12th Iranian presidential election have outlined their programs, with President Hassan Rouhani pledging to put his focus on creating jobs, “not in words but in practice.”

EghtesadOnline: Candidates contesting Iran’s upcoming presidential polls continue to campaign for office, speaking of future plans and defending past performances.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani clashed over the economy with a leading conservative rival during the first of three televised election debates on Friday, the most heated public exchanges yet of a campaign that will deliver a verdict on four years of engagement with the West.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian people have managed to embrace success in an array of spheres and represent themselves as a victorious nation across the world, says presidential candidate Hojatolesla Ebrahim Raisi.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian presidential hopefuls talk about economic challenges facing the country amid a heated race for the May election.

EghtesadOnline: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on the six hopefuls approved to run in the forthcoming presidential election to commit themselves to promoting self-sufficiency and avoiding reliance on outsiders.

EghtesadOnline: Tehran mayor and presidential candidate Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf says Iran needs no more of the same as he lambastes President Hassan Rouhani's political and economic policies.

EghtesadOnline: The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) will air the draw for broadcasting live debates of presidential candidates on Sunday which saw one candidate launching his first criticism of the current administration.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Guardian Council has started the process of auditing the credentials of the nominees, who have registered to run in the forthcoming 12th presidential election, the body’s spokesman says.