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1700 candidates approved for Iran's city council elections

5 June 2013 13:40 (UTC+04:00)
1700 candidates approved for Iran's city council elections

Some 1700 candidates have been approved to participate in Iran's city and village council elections, Fars news agency reported.

According to the head of Tehran province's city council election board, Vahid Ahmadi Shahraki, the list of candidates has already been submitted to the country's Interior Ministry.

Shahraki also said that the son of former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani, Mohsen Hashemi was approved for the elections.

The city and village council elections in Iran would be held on the same day as the presidential elections, on June 14.

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