TEHRAN – Ali Asghar Ahmadi, the head of the Interior Ministry's State Elections Committee, has said that candidates in the upcoming city council elections are allowed to kick off their election campaigns starting from Thursday, May 11. 

It came after the list of eligible candidates were released by the election’s overseeing body to contest in the council elections.

The 12th presidential election and the 5th city and village council elections will be held simultaneously on May 19.

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