Azerbaijan, Baku, May 10 /Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/
One of the well-known opposition politicians in Iran, reformist Mohammad Reza Aref has today submitted his registration for the presidential elections, Mehr news agency reported.
Mohammad Reza Aref is an Iranian academic, electrical engineer and politician and a professor at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran.
He is one of the members of the Expediency Discernment Council that is an advisory unit for Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Thus far, there are several registered reformist candidates for the presidential elections - Secretary General of the Democratic Party (Mardomsalari) Mostafa Kavakebian, Mohammad Reza Aref and Hassan Rouhani.
In case with Rouhani, the Iranian media reported earlier that Rouhani has submitted his registration from the reformist camp, and he's being supported by former presidents Mohammad Khatami and Ali Akbar Rafsanjani.
Official registration of candidates for Iran's upcoming presidential elections started on May 7, and will last until May 11.
From May 12-16, Iran's Guardian Council will look into the each candidate, and determine whether a candidate is eligible for participating.
If a candidate, for some reason is not eligible for participating in the elections according to the Guardian Council, then from May 17-21, that candidate will have time to protest the decision.
Iran's Interior Ministry will unveil the names of the candidates which are competitive enough to participate in the elections on May 22-23.
After the candidates have been determined, the pre-election campaigns would begin on May 24, and end on June 12.
Iran will hold the 11th presidential election on June 14, 2013.
The voters will select the successor of the current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is not able to participate in the elections for the third term according to the country's constitutional laws.
The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term in a national election and the Guardian Council vets the candidates for qualifications.