Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf emerged as the most-prominent candidate in the race for the June 28 presidential election.
The entry of Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a former Tehran mayor, catapulted him to the front of the bevy of candidates, just a day after hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also registered his bid for the presidency.
Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash has also announced his candidacy for the presidential election. Bazrpash also serves as co-chairman of the joint Iran-Azerbaijan Commission.
