Azerbaijan, Baku, May 16 /Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/
Iran's Guardian Council has extended the time given for studying the presidential candidates' registrations, ISNA news agency reported.
"The Guardian Council has sent a letter to the Interior Ministry, noting that it would require 5 more days to study the registrations, and we were given this time, according to the law," spokesman of the council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei said.
He noted that the Guardian Council will unveil the final list of those qualified presidential hopefuls on May 21.
Official registration of candidates for Iran's upcoming presidential elections started on May 7, and will last until May 11.
After the presidential candidates are approved by the Guardian Council, they will be officially publicized by Iran's Interior Ministry.
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.