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This is a list of candidates in 2013 Iranian presidential election which was held on 14 June 2013. This list includes candidates who announced, withdrew, declined or were disqualified their nomination for the election.
The candidates are listed in below in four groups (conservatives, reformists and independents). More than 40 people registered for the election.
| Coalition | Party | Picture | Name | Last political post | Level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | Registered* | Withdraw | Qualified | Votes | |||||
| Principlists | Progression Alliance (2+1) |  | Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf (born 1961) | Mayor of Tehran (since 2005) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 6,077,292 |
 | Ali Akbar Velayati (born 1945) | Minister of Foreign Affairs (1981–1997) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 2,268,753 | ||
 | Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (born 1945) | Chairman of the Parliament (2004–2008) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | ||
| Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) |  | Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (born 1960) | Chief of Staff of the President (since 2009) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
 | Sadeq Vaeez Zadeh (born 1964) | Head of National Elites Foundation (2005–2009) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | ||
 | Mohammad Reza Rahimi (born 1949) | First Vice President (since 2009) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | ||
 | Ali Akbar Javanfekr (born 1959) | Managing-Director of IRNA (since 2010) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | ||
 | Sadeq Khalilian (born 1959) | Minister of Agricultural (since 2009) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | ||
 | Ali Nikzad (born 1954) | Minister of Housing (since 2011) | Yes | No | — | — | — | ||
 | Mehdi Chamran (born 1941) | Chairman of City Council of Tehran (since 2003) | Yes | No | — | — | — | ||
 | Nasrin Soltankhah (born 1963) | Head of National Elites Foundation (since 2009) | No | No | — | — | — | ||
 | Gholam-Hossein Elham (born 1959) | Minister of Justice (2006–2009) | No | No | — | — | — | ||
 | Hamid Baqai (born 1969) | Head of Presidential Center (since 2011) | No | No | — | — | — | ||
| Front of Islamic Revolution Stability (Paydari) |  | Saeed Jalili (born 1965) | Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (since 2007) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 4,168,946 | |
 | Kamran Bagheri Lankarani (born 1965) | Minister of Health (2005–2009) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | ||
 | Parviz Fattah (born 1961) | Minister of Energy (2005–2009) | Yes | No | — | — | — | ||
| Conservatives Majority Alliance (Aksariat) |  | Manouchehr Mottaki** (born 1953) | Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005–2010) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
 | Hassan Aboutorabi Fard (born 1953) | Deputy Speaker of the Parliament (2010–2011) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | ||
 | Mohammad Reza Bahonar (born 1951) | Deputy Speaker of the Parliament (since 2004) | Yes | No | — | — | — | ||
 | Yahya Ale Eshaq (born 1949) | Minister of Commerce (1993–1997) | Yes | No | — | — | — | ||
 | Mostafa Pourmohammadi (born 1959) | Minister of Interior (2005–2008) | Yes | No | — | — | — | ||
| United Front of Conservatives (Motahedan) |  | Alireza Zakani (born 1965) | Member of the Parliament (since 2004) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
 | Ali Larijani (born 1958) | Chairman of the Parliament (since 2008) | No | No | — | — | — | ||
| Resistance Front of Islamic Iran |  | Mohsen Rezaee (born 1954) | Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council (since 1997) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 3,884,412 | |
| Haghani Circle (Motahedan) |  | Ali Fallahian (born 1945) | Minister of Intelligence (1989–1997) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
 | Abulhassan Navab (born 1958) | No political post | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | ||
| — | | Ruhollah Ahmadzadeh (born 1956) | Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (2011–2012) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
| — |  | Parviz Kazemi (born 1958) | Minister of Welfare (2005–2006) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
| — |  | Alireza Ali Ahmadi (born 1959) | Minister of Education (2006–2009) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | |
| Reformists | Moderation and Development Party |  | Hassan Rouhani (born 1948) | Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (1989–2005) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 18,613,329 |
| Green Movement (Green Path of Hope) |  | Zahra Rahnavard (born 1934) | No political post | No | No | — | — | — | |
| Democracy Party |  | Mostafa Kavakebian (born 1963) | Member of the Parliament (2004–2012) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
| Islamic Iran Participation Front (Jebhe Mosharekat) |  | Mohammad Reza Aref (born 1951) | First Vice President (2001–2005) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | |
 | Mohsen Mehralizadeh (born 1956) | Head of National Sports Organization (2000–2005) | Yes | No | — | — | — | ||
 | Masoumeh Ebtekar (born 1960) | Head of Department of Environment (1997–2005) | No | No | — | — | — | ||
| Executives of Construction Party (Sazandegi) |  | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (born 1934) | President (1981–1997) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
 | Mohammad Shariatmadari (born 1960) | Minister of Commerce (1997–2005) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | ||
 | Eshaq Jahangiri (born 1957) | Minister of Industries (1997–2005) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | ||
 | Mohammad-Ali Najafi (born 1952) | Minister of Education (1989–1997) | No | No | — | — | — | ||
| National Trust Party |  | Elias Hazrati (born 1961) | Member of the Parliament (1988–2004) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
| House of Labours |  | Hossein Kamali (born 1953) | Minister of Labour (1989–2001) | Yes | No | — | — | — | |
| — |  | Ebrahim Asgharzadeh (born 1955) | Chairman of City Council of Tehran (1999–2003) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
| — | | Akbar A'lami (born 1954) | Member of the Parliament (2000–2008) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
| — |  | Ghasem Sholeh-Saadi (born 1962) | Member of the Parliament (1996–2008) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | |
| — |  | Javad Etaat (born 1963) | Member of the Parliament (2000–2004) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | |
| — |  | Masoud Pezeshkian (born 1954) | Minister of Health (2001–2005) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | |
| Independents |  | Mohammad Gharazi (born 1941) | Minister of Post (1985–1997) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 446,015 | |
 | Mohammad Saeedikia (born 1946) | Minister of Housing (2005–2009) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | ||
 | Hassan Sobhani (born 1953) | Member of the Parliament (1996–2008) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | ||
 | Mohammed Bagher Kharrazi (born 1959) | No political post | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | ||
 | Ahmad Kashani (born 1947) | Member of the Parliament (1980–1988) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | ||
 | Davoud Ahmadinejad (born 1950) | Chief of Staff of the Presidential House (2005–2008) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | ||
 | Tahmasb Mazaheri (born 1953) | Governor of Central Bank (2007–2008) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | ||
 | Ramin Mehmanparast (born 1956) | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010–2013) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | ||
 | Hooshang Amirahmadi (born 1947) | No political post | Yes | Yes | — | No | — | ||
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated he will not endorse anyone or interfere in the election to choose his successor, [2] however he announced he will support Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei if he will be confirmed, two other cabinet members, Mohammad-Reza Rahimi and Sadeq Khalilian are also registered without the support of Ahmadinejad:
The following three candidates also known as 2+1 formed a coalition between themselves that one of the three will register for the election and the remaining two will support him, however all of those registered and the main candidate will be announced in a later which it is possible that all will be enter to the elections. This coalition consist of: [3]
This political group was founded by former Ahmadinejad ministers and supporters who believe in his election message but they are not supporting his actions anymore. For the following election, their main candidates are among Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Saeed Jalili and Parviz Fattah. [4] [5] Kamran Bagheri Lankarani was elected as their candidate on 20 April 2013.
The following announced candidates will also chose one with most popularity to officially register for the election. On May 9 after selection of Aboutorabi Fard was announced, Mottaki declared he will not accept this selection and will run separately: [6]
The main candidate was elected by a majority vote of the congress on 10 May 2013:
Despite being associated with the CCA, Hassan Rouhani was not supported by the party as he progressed in the election. The party eventually had no candidate that they directly supported.
Hassan Rouhani announced his registration after his mentor Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was disqualified. Rouhani had gained heavy reformist support throughout his election campaign, with himself being a centrist moderate with ties to the conservative faction.
On 15 January 2013, Democracy party elected their party leader, Mostafa Kavakebian as their sole candidate for the upcoming election. Kavakebian also said that he will withdraw if Mohammad Khatami announced his candidacy.[ citation needed ]
The party elected Hossein Kamali as their candidate on 22 November 2012 but Kamali withdrew on 11 May 2013. The supporting candidate will be elected on 25 May 2013.[ citation needed ]
After Mohammad-Ali Najafi announced he will not register for the election, the party announced their support for Hassan Rouhani after their candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was disqualified:
Mohammad Khatami was considered to be a very popular frontrunner with a lot of support in the election, but he was eventually disqualified, the party then announced their support for Hassan Rouhani:
Mohammad-Reza Aref eventually became the sole reformist in the final confirmed group of candidates in the election. He withdrew on the advice of Mohammad Khatami so the vote would not be split between Aref and Hassan Rouhani, Aref upon withdrawing immediately announced his support for Rouhani.
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