Constitutional Council’s spokesperson Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei has made it clear that the standards specified in a recent measure ratified by the council will be the only touchstone of qualification for candidacy for the 13th presidential elections in Iran.

Constitutional Council spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei on Friday visited the Interior Ministry in Tehran, the site for the registration of hopefuls seeking to join the country's 13th presidential vote.

Constitutional Council’s spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei said everyone who thinks has the necessary qualifications and expertise can register for the country’s 13th presidential elections.

The Iranian presidential election registration period has begun on Tuesday, May 11, as the eligible applicants can submit the required documents within a deadline of five days.

The Constitutional Council has released the full text of the amendment to a measure that it has ratified in order to clarify the criteria and standards for defining the political and religious personalities and the qualities that determine the managerial characteristics and skillfulness of the candidates applying for the post of president.

Iran’s Constitutional Council has set new criteria for presidential candidates meant to separate out large numbers of people who nominate with very basic or no qualifications for every election.

The Constitutional Council hailed the International Quds Day as a worldwide movement against colonialism and arrogant powers, noting that the crimes committed by the Zionist regime of Israel against Palestinians are no secret to freedom-seekers around the world.

Constitutional Council spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei slammed the international community’s “deadly silence” in the face of the Israeli regime’s continued crimes against the Palestinians.

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the secretary of Iran’s Constitutional Council, which vets candidates for elections, highlighted the importance of the upcoming presidential elections in the country, calling on hopefuls planning to stand for the vote not to give promises that they will not be able to fulfill.

The Constitutional Council on Wednesday set new criteria for presidential candidates, updating registration requirements for those seeking to run in the country’s forthcoming presidential vote.