Seven candidates who have been approved to run for the presidential election in Iran next month have been announced, and while conservative hard-line candidates who take a negative position in dialogue with Europe and the United States are recognized, a nuclear agreement has been reached. The executives who supported the Rouhani administration were disqualified.
In Iran, a presidential election is scheduled for the expiration of his term on the 18th of next month, and 592 people have submitted their candidacy.
In the presidential election in Iran, the Constitutional Council, which is made up of Islamic law scholars, is supposed to conduct qualification examinations based on conditions such as "Islamic system loyal?", And the Ministry of Interior announced the results on the 25th.
According to it, seven people were allowed to run, and influential people such as the representative of the Judiciary of Raishi, who is said to be close to the Supreme Leader Khamenei, were selected from the conservative hardliners who were negative to dialogue with Europe and the United States. It was.
Meanwhile, former Vice President Mehru Alizade was elected from the reformists who advocate international cooperation.
However, former chairman Larijani, who has supported the Rouhani administration's nuclear deal, and the administration's core executives have been disqualified.
Former President Ahmadinejad, who is popular with the poor, was also disqualified.
The Iranian media reported that the representative of the Judiciary, Raishi, who is said to be highly trusted by Mr. Khamenei, is the most promising candidate, and what kind of voting behavior will the supporters of President Hassan Rouhani, who has taken a dialogue with the West, take? Is likely to attract attention.
In Iran, prolonged US sanctions have plagued the economy and disappointment with the nuclear deal has spread, leading to controversy over how to deal with the international community in the election campaign.
Anti-American or cooperative Iran swaying
In Iran, even in the past presidential elections, the anti-American "conservative hardliners" and the "moderate" and "reformers" who advocate international cooperation have fought fiercely over the position of government.
Conservative hardliners have taken the position of adhering to the state of the country since the establishment of the Islamic system in 1979, such as foreign policy centered on anti-Americanism and a social system that strictly interprets religion. It is supported mainly by elite troops, the Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the religious community, and is characterized by many supporters of the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
President Ahmadinejad, who led the administration for eight years from 2005 to 2013, was supported by conservative hardliners and promoted nuclear development to deepen confrontation with the United States and Israel.
On the other hand, moderates and reformers attach great importance to international cooperation such as dialogue with Europe and the United States, and reformers are also calling for the realization of a more free society. It is supported by the middle class, the wealthy, and the younger generation in urban areas.
However, the reformers were subject to strict crackdowns during the large-scale anti-government demonstrations in 2009, and the leaders at that time were put under house arrest, which has greatly reduced the momentum.
The current President Rouhani has set up an international cooperation route and won the 2013 election with the support of moderates and reformers, and in 2015 signed an Iran nuclear agreement with Europe and the United States. However, after that, when the former Trump administration in the United States unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear agreement and resumed sanctions on Iran, the economy deteriorated, leading to disappointment with the Rouhani administration.
In the parliamentary elections in February last year, while the voting rate dropped to a historically low level of 40%, conservative hard-liners won over 70% of the seats and won overwhelmingly, moderates and reforms that supported President Rouhani. Members of the faction could not spread their support.