The registration period has begun for candidates hoping to run in Iran's presidential election, just over a month away.
To register their candidacy, candidates will need to appear in person at the Ministry of Interior within the next five days.
The election was called following the death of his predecessor, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash on May 19.
Once all the candidates have registered, Iran's Guardian Council will have one week to decide who is ideologically suitable for the presidency.
The council is a powerful watchdog body made up of Muslim clerics and jurists who have historically often excluded reformist politicians from elections.
Watchdog groups are waiting to see whether the Guardian Council will allow more moderate candidates to run, or the far-right and hard-liners will continue to dominate the country's political future.
Candidates approved by the Guardian Council are then given two weeks to campaign.
If no one receives a majority of the votes in the first round of the election on June 28, a runoff election a week later will decide the next president.
Since Raisi's death, rumors have been rife in the country about possible successors.
Among the names most frequently mentioned in connection with the presidency are former presidents Mohammed Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and former foreign minister Mohammed Javad Zarif.
So far, only Raisi's deputy, Mohammad Mokbel, and former chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili have declared their candidacy. Both are far-right conservatives who are likely to continue Raisi's policies.
Former Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, who is seen as a centre-right conservative, is also expected to run.
