Coalition of Five to reach consensus on registration for election

Iranian presidential hopeful Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard says the Coalition of Five will reach a consensus in the next few days on which of the coalition’s members should register for the country’s 11th presidential election.

He made the remarks in a speech at a university in the city of Karaj on Tuesday, the Fars News Agency reported.

Aboutorabi-Fard also said his years-long political experience shows that “Iran’s executive branch as an exceptional capacity to develop the country.”

The principlist hopeful stressed that the administrative decisions made by the 11th president “should be supported by expert and scientific” analyses.

The Iranian deputy Majlis (parliament) speaker went on to say that Iran has to try to reach the highest levels of political and economic powers in a world where bullying and the use of force has an upper hand in the global politics.

Yahya Al-e Eshaq, the chairman of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, former Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, General Inspection Office of Iran Director Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, and MP Mohammad Reza Bahonar are the other members of the Coalition of Five.

The registration of hopefuls for Iran’s presidential election, which will be held on June 14, officially began on Tuesday morning on the order of the Iranian Interior Ministry.

Hopefuls can register for the election until May 11.

The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term in a national election, and the Guardian Council vets the candidates based on their qualifications.