TEHRAN - The Iranian Constitutional Council, a 12-member body overseeing elections, has finalized the list of approved presidential candidates and submitted it to the Interior Ministry.

As reported by IRNA, the following six candidates have received the council's approval to run for president:

• Mostafa Pourmohammadi
• Massoud Pezeshkian
• Amirhossein Ghazizadeh
• Alireza Zakani
• Saeed Jalili
• Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

Iran is set to hold presidential elections on June 28th. The election was necessitated by the tragic demise of President Ebrahim Raeisi in a helicopter crash on May 19th.

The five-day registration period for candidates ended on June 3rd, with 80 individuals registering. The Constitutional Council was given seven days to vet the candidates, with the option of extending the period by an additional five days.