Candidates Approved By Iran's Guardian Council For Presidential Election

Iran's Guardian Council approved the hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the June 28 presidential election after President Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash

Saeed Jalili The ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator who is known for his inflexible negotiating stance has also been selected

Massoud Pezeshkian Only one reformist candidate,  a lawmaker from Tabriz in Iran's parliament, has been approved

Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf Former Tehran mayor, 62, tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, approved for presidential run after President Raisi's death. Ran unsuccessfully in 2005 and 2013

Mostafa Pourmohammadi The conservative former interior minister has also been authorised to run

Alireza Zakani Others on the list include the conservative Tehran mayor 

Amirhossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi Incumbent vice president and  the ultraconservative head of the Martyrs’ Foundation