Election Headquarters: The Number of Candidates for the Parliamentary Elections Decreased to 4,800

The head of the country's election headquarters announced the resignation of 1,480 candidates for the parliamentary elections, stating that 4,844 candidates will compete in the elections on Friday. According to ISNA news agency, Mohammad Hossein Moqimi announced on Thursday, March 6, that 12,067 individuals registered for the 10th parliamentary elections, of which 6,333 candidates were ultimately approved. Mr. Moqimi stated that in the past week, 1,480 candidates withdrew, leaving 4,844 candidates to compete in the elections on Friday. The unprecedented registration of over 12,000 individuals for the parliamentary elections and 800 for the Assembly of Experts elections was accompanied by widespread disqualifications by supervisory bodies and ultimately the Guardian Council, resulting in an average of less than two candidates competing for each seat in the Assembly of Experts elections. In the parliamentary elections, 49% of the registrants were disqualified, which is reported to be the highest disqualification rate in this round compared to all previous parliamentary elections. Ahmad Jannati, the Secretary of the Guardian Council, described the registration of 12,000 individuals for the parliamentary elections as 'political' and announced that even candidates who had the 'least role and share' in the protests against the results of the 2009 presidential election were disqualified. On Thursday, Reza Ashtiani Iraqi, a candidate from Qom and a member of the Society of Teachers of Qom Seminary, withdrew from the elections. Mr. Ashtiani, who has been a representative of Qom in the parliament since the 7th Majlis, had his name on both the list of the Society of Teachers of Qom Seminary and on the lists of some other principlist groups. The Society of Teachers of Qom Seminary has supported Ali Larijani, Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, and Ali Banaei in the parliamentary elections. In contrast, some principlists have supported Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, Reza Amirabadi, and Mojtaba Zolnour in the 10th parliamentary elections. Reza Amirabadi is a representative from Qom in the 9th Majlis, and Mojtaba Zolnour, the former deputy representative of the Supreme Leader in the IRGC, had also run for the 9th Majlis but did not make it to parliament. The Stability Front had also supported these two in the 9th parliamentary elections. The head of the election headquarters, in another part of his remarks, responded to a question about Mehdi Karroubi's request to vote, saying that facilities must be provided so that 'everyone who has the ability to vote... can cast their vote.' Mohammad Taghi Karroubi, the son of Mehdi Karroubi, one of the leaders of the protests against the results of the 2009 presidential election, announced on Wednesday that his father had requested a mobile ballot box at his place of house arrest to participate in the elections. In this context, Ahmad Jannati stated: 'I don't think you will have a problem for the Assembly of Experts.' There have been disruptions in websites and information networks in Iran on the eve of the elections. 'Interference, fear, and self-goal by Khamenei.' Mehdi Karroubi 'has requested a mobile ballot box at his place of house arrest.' The Iranian Minister of Interior stated: 'There will be a response to the organized transfer of voters to Tehran.' 'The composition of political forces from the perspective of electoral statistics.' Two polls on the eve of the elections indicate a participation rate of 60 to 75%. Who managed the parliaments after the revolution? The changing battlefield of 'proxies'; war against the people in the streets of Iran. The first paragraph; the responsibility of the opposition and the possibility of radicalization of Iranian society. The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iran crisis.