Azerbaijan, Baku, May 8/ Trend R.Zamanov
The conservative camp will reach a sort of consensus in the coming days regarding the June 14 vote, presidential candidate Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi Fard said.
Aboutorabi Fard said that his years-long political experience shows the executive branch has a great capacity to develop the country, the Jaam-e-Jam News Daily reported.
He went on to note that this opportunity will be realized only when the executive branch is resolute enough to follow the discourse of the Islamic Republic.
Aboutorabi Fard stressed that Iran needs to reform its administrative performance and make all decisions based on scientific and expert analyses.
The Iranian parliamentarian said that Iran has no choice but to try to reach the highest levels of political and economic power in a world where bullying and use of force has an upper hand in the global politics.
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.
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