Todays top stories in Iran include registration of 112 candidates for presidential election until now; former MP announcement on candidacy of Rafsanjani for upcoming election; registration of first female candidate for presidential election; Irans Navy unveiling of indigenous minesweeping system and CBI having no problem for allocating currency to basic goods and pharmaceutical raw materials.
Some of the more prominent candidates include Hassan Rouhani, Former Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Baqeri Lankarani, former health minister, Mostafa Kavakebian, Iranian reformist politician and former representative of Semnan and Mehdishahr at Irans Parliament, Sadeq Vaez Zadeh, a former deputy to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hassan Sobhani, ex MP and Mahmoud Muzaffar, Head of Iran's Red Crescent Society.
Former MP: Rafsanjani to run for presidential election
Former lawmaker and Iranian reformist politician announced on Wednesday that Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani would run for upcoming presidential election and ex-president Mohammad Khatami and main reformists would support him, according to Mehr.
First female candidate registered for Iranian presidential elections
The first female candidate Razieh Omidvar, 46, has submitted her registration to the election headquarters, and said that her goal is to improve the country's overall situation and to serve the public. , the Fars News Agency reported.