The head of the country's election headquarters announced that by the end of Sunday, December 29, 1,609 people had registered for the parliamentary elections and 235 for the Assembly of Experts elections. According to ISNA news agency, Mohammad Hossein Moqimi stated that four of the candidates for the Assembly of Experts and 83 candidates for the parliament are women. According to Fars news agency from the Tehran electoral district, Elias Hazrati and Javad Ete'ati, both reformist figures, and Hadi Ghafari, a former parliament representative, have registered as candidates. Several current parliament representatives, including Aladdin Boroujerdi, Alireza Monadi, Arsalan Fathipour, Javad Heravi, Hamid Reza Pashang, and Gholamreza Tajgardoon, have also registered for the 10th parliamentary elections. Mohammad Gharazi, a candidate from the 2013 presidential elections, has also registered for both the Assembly of Experts and the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections. On Sunday, Mohammad Yazdi, the head of the Assembly of Experts, Ahmad Jannati, the secretary of the Guardian Council, Mohammad Mohammadi Rishahri, a former minister of intelligence, Ebrahim Raisi, the Attorney General, and Morteza Moqaddai, the deputy of the Society of Teachers of the Qom Seminary, registered for the Assembly of Experts elections. In recent days, Hassan Khomeini, Mohammad Mousavi Bejnordi, Mahmoud Alavi, the Minister of Intelligence, Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the former head of the judiciary, Mohammad Momen, a member of the Guardian Council, Ebrahim Amini, a former member of the Assembly of Experts, and Kazem Nourmofidi, the Friday prayer leader of Gorgan, have registered for the Assembly of Experts elections. Simultaneously, on the second day of candidate registration for the parliamentary elections, the Reformist Policy Council urged the responsible election bodies to 'examine and determine the qualifications of candidates solely based on legal documents.' Before the registration of candidates for the Assembly of Experts and the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections began, the issue of candidate qualification approval had been raised in the media and political meetings. Objections to Momen's remarks regarding the qualifications of Assembly of Experts candidates arose when Mohammad Momen, a cleric of the Guardian Council, stated that having permission for ijtihad from religious authorities is 'not a sufficient condition for the qualifications' of Assembly of Experts candidates. On Tuesday, December 24, in an interview with Mehr news agency, he emphasized: 'The validity of having ijtihad permission would lead some to insist on obtaining permission from the grand religious authorities, causing them distress, and even some authorities have stated that you should not consider our ijtihad permissions.' However, Ali Motahari, a representative from Tehran, in an interview with Seda weekly, described Momen's remarks as 'undermining' the religious authorities and stated that it would be better for the qualifications of Assembly of Experts candidates to be approved by representatives of the religious authorities instead of the Guardian Council. He added: 'The fact that Mr. Momen said some authorities have said to disregard our ijtihad permissions... indicates that, God forbid, these permissions are issued under the influence of social pressures and so on, while this is not the case.' The elections for the Assembly of Experts and the Islamic Consultative Assembly will be held on March 7, and the registration of candidates for the parliamentary elections, which began on Saturday, will continue until December 24. Registration for candidates for the Assembly of Experts elections also began on the morning of Thursday, December 26, and will continue until December 24. In this regard, more than a thousand people have registered for the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Assembly of Experts. On the third day of registration for the Assembly of Experts, 'Mojtaba Khamenei will not run.' More than 800 people registered on the first day of candidate registration for the parliament. Hassan Khomeini: I will participate independently in the Assembly of Experts elections. 'Announcement of several women's candidacies' on the first day of registration for the Assembly of Experts elections.
Registration of 83 Women for Parliament and 4 Women for Assembly of Experts by Sunday
As of December 29, 1,609 individuals have registered for Iran's parliamentary elections, including 83 women, while 235 have registered for the Assembly of Experts, including 4 women. Notable candidates include reformist figures and current parliament members. The registration process has sparked discussions about candidate qualifications and the role of religious authorities.
👥 Key Players
📰 What Happened
A significant number of candidates, including women, have registered for Iran's parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections. Discussions have arisen over the qualifications required for candidates, particularly concerning religious credentials.
- 1,609 individuals registered for parliamentary elections, including 83 women.
- 235 individuals registered for the Assembly of Experts, including 4 women.
💡 Why It Matters
📚 Background
Iran's political system is a complex mix of elected and religious oversight, with the Assembly of Experts playing a key role in supervising the Supreme Leader.
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