2021 Iranian presidential election

Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Iran in 2021. However, the elections can be held earlier under exceptional circumstances, such as the deposition, resignation or death of the President. It will be the thirteenth presidential election in Iran.

2021 Iranian presidential election
18 June 2021
President before election

Hassan Rouhani
MDP

 Elected President

TBD

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Electoral system

The President of Iran is the country's highest directly elected official, the chief of the executive branch, and the second most important position after the Supreme Leader. Duties are similar to heads of governments in other countries, except that the armed forces, Chief judiciary system, state television, and other key governmental organizations are all under the control of the Supreme Leader. It is also an informal custom that cabinet ministers for sensitive departments like foreign relations and intelligence are coordinated with the Supreme Leader.

Any Iranian citizen born in Iran, believing in God and the official religion of Iran (Islam), who has always been loyal to the Constitution and is above 21 years of age may register as a presidential candidate. An institution called the Election Monitoring Agency (EMA) and managed by the Guardian Council vets registered candidates and selects a handful to run in the election.

The Guardian Council does not announce publicly the reason for rejections of particular candidates, although those reasons are explained to each candidate. Women who register as candidates have invariably been excluded from standing for election by the Council.[1][2]

Candidates

Declared candidates

This is for candidates who have confirmed that they will be running in the upcoming 2021 presidential election for the presidency of Iran.

  • Hossein Dehghan is a former career Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) officer who served in the IRGC Air Force. He was also the former Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran) (Minister of Defense) from 2013 to 2017 in the Hassan Rouhani administration. His candidacy was announced first on September 28, 2020. He is also viewed by some as a controversial figure and is a notable aide of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.[3][4]

Individuals who have publicly expressed interest

Potential candidates

The persons listed in this section have, reportedly considered presidential bids.

Declined to be candidates

Opinion polls

Hypothetical polls
Fieldwork date Poll source Sample
size		 Margin of error Other
Ahmadinejad Ghalibaf Jalili Larijani Aref
22–28 October 2020 Stasis[21] 1,136 N/A 37% 10% 3% 2% 2% 17% None, 29% Don't know or other names

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  5. گزارش| اعلام آمادگی عجیب آخوندی برای ۱۴۰۰؛ لودریسم هم به انتخابات آمد!
  6. فریدون عباسی:مگر احمدی‌نژاد لولو است؟ / شاید کاندیدای انتخابات ۱۴۰۰ شوم
  7. «سعید محمد» نامزد ریاست جمهوری می‌شود؟
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  11. رونمایی از ۳+۱۵ کاندیدای احتمالی انتخابات ۱۴۰۰
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  13. "Is Iran's Information Minister the Islamic Republic's Emmanuel Macron?", Foreign Policy, 25 October 2019, retrieved 25 October 2019
  14. کاندیدای جدید اصلاح طلبان در انتخابات ۱۴۰۰ /۶ کاندیدای احتمالی ریاست جمهوری را بیشتر بشناسید
  15. "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former president turned 'popstar,' plans to run again", Atlantic Council, 18 August 2020, retrieved 29 December 2020
  16. رونمایی از ۳+۱۵ کاندیدای احتمالی انتخابات ۱۴۰۰
  17. رونمایی از ۳+۱۵ کاندیدای احتمالی انتخابات ۱۴۰۰
  18. یک کاندیدای احتمالی دیگر اصلاح طلبان در انتخابات 1400
  19. "Iran's Zarif 'Has No Goals For Next Presidential Election' - Spokesman", RFE/RL, 19 December 2018, retrieved 25 October 2019
  20. "Zarif says he will not run for president in 2021 elections", IRNA, 10 March 2019, retrieved 25 October 2019
  21. "New Poll Shows Iranians May Want Ahmadinejad Back as President". IranWire. January 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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