Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli put forward a proposal to hold presidential elections in the country on May 19, 2017.
"If the Experts Council approves the date for the elections, proposed by the Interior Ministry, the elections will take place on May 19 of 2017. In this case, election campaigns will be launched on December 21, 2016," Sputnik cited him as saying.
