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Iran sets dates for presidential candidacy application

12 August 2016 13:02 (UTC+04:00)
Iran sets dates for presidential candidacy application

By Trend

Iran’s Elections Staff has set Apr. 11-15, 2017 as the time for hopefuls to sign up for presidential candidacy, according to the staff’s director Mohammad Hossein Moqimi.

The campaigns will also begin Apr. 28 and end May 27, ISNA news agency quoted Moqimi as saying Aug. 12.

The Election Day was recently set for May 29, 2017. In the upcoming campaigns, incumbent President Hassan Rouhani is expected to run for his second term.

Each of Rouhani’s four predecessors has held office for two consecutive terms.

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