News ID: 27

Date: 13 March 2021 - 11:37

Iran’s Constitutional Council launches English website

The Iranian Constitutional Council on Saturday officially launched its English service ahead of the country’s presidential election on June 18.

The English website was inaugurated during the regular monthly press briefing of the spokesman of the Constitutional Council, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, in Tehran.

The website, https://www.shora-gc.ir/en, has five main sections: News, Multimedia, Members, Legislation, and the Constitution. Currently, the news, multimedia and members sections are up and running.

The next step is to provide more information and add the remaining tabs to the beta version of the website.

Iran will hold the next year’s presidential election on June 18, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Candidates hoping to run in the next elections are to apply in early April for approval. The final list is to be announced by the Constitutional Council in early June.

The Constitutional Council is a constitutionally mandated 12-member council in Iran that, among other things, is tasked with ensuring the compatibility of the legislation passed by the parliament with the criteria of Islam and the Constitution.