Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei (L) and Iran’s President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will formally endorse Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi as Iran’s new president on Tuesday...

The file photo shows a view of the Iranian parliament (Majlis) in session...

Outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) meets with President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi at the presidential office in Pasteur Street in central Tehran, Iran, on June 23, 2021...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is seen during a meeting with Iran’s Parliament members via video-link, in Tehran, Iran, on May 27, 2021...

Iran’s Interior Ministry has released a final list of the candidates found qualified by the Constitutional Council to run for president in the June 18 election, officially clearing them to start campaigning...

Presidential hopefuls are at the Interior Ministry Hall in Tehran, Iran, to register for the June 18 election, May 11, 2020...

(L-R) Iranian Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri, former Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (photo by Fars news agency) Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, has not yet engaged with the Reformist bloc that hopes to field him as its top candidate in the June 18 presidential election, a spokeswoman for the group says, increasing the likelihood of a Reformist run without him...