Former Iranian Parliament Speaker withdraws from election race

Iranian media reported on June 10 that former conservative speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, has unexpectedly withdrawn from the list of candidates in the Iranian presidential election, scheduled to take place on June 14.

The semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Mr. Haddad-Adel as saying he wanted the Iranian people to respect the election criteria set by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Iranian presidential candidates. (Source: AFP/VNA)

Meanwhile, local news site Aftab also reported that the reformist candidate Mohammad-Reza Aref also withdrew from the presidential race to support candidate Hassan Rouhani. However, Mr. Aref immediately denied this information.

Last month, Iran's Guardian Council approved a list of eight candidates to run for president on June 14, most of whom are conservative figures close to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei./.

According to (TTXVN) - DT