Two conservative candidates have withdrawn from tomorrow’s presidential election in Iran, leaving four candidates in the race.
The mayor of Tehran, Alireza Zakani, announced on the X platform this morning that he would not take part in the election.
Zakani also called on conservative candidates to ‘unite’ behind a single candidate to present a united front.
The Iranian Interior Ministry announced last night that
Amir Hossein Qazizadeh Hashemi has withdrawn from the presidential election.
Iranians go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new president after former president Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash near the border with Azerbaijan last month.