Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

June 7, 2021       Share:    

Source: https://jcpa.org/irans-supreme-leaders-prestige-falls-against-the-background-of-the-iranian-presidential-elections/

Rift between Guardian Council and Ayatollah Khamenei ahead of Iranian Presidential Elections

(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Lt.-Col. (ret.) Michael Segall and Iran Desk - After only 7 out of 592 presidential candidates were approved by Iran's Guardian Council for the June 18 election, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on June 4 that "injustice and sin have been done against some of the candidates who have not received permission to join the election campaign." It is believed that Khamenei wanted the reinstatement of Speaker of Iran's Parliament Ali Larijani. Yet the Guardian Council later announced that there would be no change in the list of candidates. In the first televised candidates' debate on June 5, the seven candidates agreed that the harsh economic situation is unprecedented. Ebrahim Raisi, widely believed to be the preferred candidate of Khamenei and the Revolutionary Guards, was revealed during the debate as the weakest candidate. According to the latest surveys, 34% of Iranians said they would "definitely vote" in the elections.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: