# List of candidates in the 2013 Iranian presidential election

This is a list of candidates in 2013 Iranian presidential election which was held on 14 June 2013. This list includes candidates who announced, withdrew, declined or were disqualified their nomination for the election.

## List

The candidates are listed in below in four groups (conservatives, reformists and independents). More than 40 people registered for the election.
| Coalition | Party | Picture | Name | Last political post | Level | Level | Level | Level | Level |
| Coalition | Party | Picture | Name | Last political post | Announced | Registered* | Withdraw | Qualified | Votes |
| Principlists | Progression Alliance (2+1) | | Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf (born 1961) | Mayor of Tehran (since 2005) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 6,077,292 |
| Principlists | Progression Alliance (2+1) | | Ali Akbar Velayati (born 1945) | Minister of Foreign Affairs (1981–1997) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 2,268,753 |
| Principlists | Progression Alliance (2+1) | | Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (born 1945) | Chairman of the Parliament (2004–2008) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| Principlists | Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) | | Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (born 1960) | Chief of Staff of the President (since 2009) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Principlists | Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) | | Sadeq Vaeez Zadeh (born 1964) | Head of National Elites Foundation (2005–2009) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Principlists | Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) | | Mohammad Reza Rahimi (born 1949) | First Vice President (since 2009) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Principlists | Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) | | Ali Akbar Javanfekr (born 1959) | Managing-Director of IRNA (since 2010) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Principlists | Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) | | Sadeq Khalilian (born 1959) | Minister of Agricultural (since 2009) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Principlists | Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) | | Ali Nikzad (born 1954) | Minister of Housing (since 2011) | Yes | No | — | — | — |
| Principlists | Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) | | Mehdi Chamran (born 1941) | Chairman of City Council of Tehran (since 2003) | Yes | No | — | — | — |
| Principlists | Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) | | Nasrin Soltankhah (born 1963) | Head of National Elites Foundation (since 2009) | No | No | — | — | — |
| Principlists | Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) | | Gholam-Hossein Elham (born 1959) | Minister of Justice (2006–2009) | No | No | — | — | — |
| Principlists | Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) | | Hamid Baqai (born 1969) | Head of Presidential Center (since 2011) | No | No | — | — | — |
| Principlists | Front of Islamic Revolution Stability (Paydari) | | Saeed Jalili (born 1965) | Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (since 2007) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 4,168,946 |
| Principlists | Front of Islamic Revolution Stability (Paydari) | | Kamran Bagheri Lankarani (born 1965) | Minister of Health (2005–2009) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Principlists | Front of Islamic Revolution Stability (Paydari) | | Parviz Fattah (born 1961) | Minister of Energy (2005–2009) | Yes | No | — | — | — |
| Principlists | Conservatives Majority Alliance (Aksariat) | | Manouchehr Mottaki** (born 1953) | Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005–2010) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Principlists | Conservatives Majority Alliance (Aksariat) | | Hassan Aboutorabi Fard (born 1953) | Deputy Speaker of the Parliament (2010–2011) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Principlists | Conservatives Majority Alliance (Aksariat) | | Mohammad Reza Bahonar (born 1951) | Deputy Speaker of the Parliament (since 2004) | Yes | No | — | — | — |
| Principlists | Conservatives Majority Alliance (Aksariat) | | Yahya Ale Eshaq (born 1949) | Minister of Commerce (1993–1997) | Yes | No | — | — | — |
| Principlists | Conservatives Majority Alliance (Aksariat) | | Mostafa Pourmohammadi (born 1959) | Minister of Interior (2005–2008) | Yes | No | — | — | — |
| Principlists | United Front of Conservatives (Motahedan) | | Alireza Zakani (born 1965) | Member of the Parliament (since 2004) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Principlists | United Front of Conservatives (Motahedan) | | Ali Larijani (born 1958) | Chairman of the Parliament (since 2008) | No | No | — | — | — |
| Principlists | Resistance Front of Islamic Iran | | Mohsen Rezaee (born 1954) | Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council (since 1997) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 3,884,412 |
| Principlists | Haghani Circle (Motahedan) | | Ali Fallahian (born 1945) | Minister of Intelligence (1989–1997) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Principlists | Haghani Circle (Motahedan) | | Abulhassan Navab (born 1958) | No political post | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Principlists | — | | Ruhollah Ahmadzadeh (born 1956) | Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (2011–2012) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Principlists | — | | Parviz Kazemi (born 1958) | Minister of Welfare (2005–2006) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Principlists | — | | Alireza Ali Ahmadi (born 1959) | Minister of Education (2006–2009) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Reformists | Moderation and Development Party | | Hassan Rouhani (born 1948) | Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (1989–2005) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 18,613,329 |
| Reformists | Green Movement (Green Path of Hope) | | Zahra Rahnavard (born 1934) | No political post | No | No | — | — | — |
| Reformists | Democracy Party | | Mostafa Kavakebian (born 1963) | Member of the Parliament (2004–2012) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Reformists | Islamic Iran Participation Front (Jebhe Mosharekat) | | Mohammad Reza Aref (born 1951) | First Vice President (2001–2005) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| Reformists | Islamic Iran Participation Front (Jebhe Mosharekat) | | Mohsen Mehralizadeh (born 1956) | Head of National Sports Organization (2000–2005) | Yes | No | — | — | — |
| Reformists | Islamic Iran Participation Front (Jebhe Mosharekat) | | Masoumeh Ebtekar (born 1960) | Head of Department of Environment (1997–2005) | No | No | — | — | — |
| Reformists | Executives of Construction Party (Sazandegi) | | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (born 1934) | President (1981–1997) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Reformists | Executives of Construction Party (Sazandegi) | | Mohammad Shariatmadari (born 1960) | Minister of Commerce (1997–2005) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Reformists | Executives of Construction Party (Sazandegi) | | Eshaq Jahangiri (born 1957) | Minister of Industries (1997–2005) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Reformists | Executives of Construction Party (Sazandegi) | | Mohammad-Ali Najafi (born 1952) | Minister of Education (1989–1997) | No | No | — | — | — |
| Reformists | National Trust Party | | Elias Hazrati (born 1961) | Member of the Parliament (1988–2004) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Reformists | House of Labours | | Hossein Kamali (born 1953) | Minister of Labour (1989–2001) | Yes | No | — | — | — |
| Reformists | — | | Ebrahim Asgharzadeh (born 1955) | Chairman of City Council of Tehran (1999–2003) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Reformists | — | | Akbar A'lami (born 1954) | Member of the Parliament (2000–2008) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Reformists | — | | Ghasem Sholeh-Saadi (born 1962) | Member of the Parliament (1996–2008) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Reformists | — | | Javad Etaat (born 1963) | Member of the Parliament (2000–2004) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Reformists | — | | Masoud Pezeshkian (born 1954) | Minister of Health (2001–2005) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Independents | Independents | | Mohammad Gharazi (born 1941) | Minister of Post (1985–1997) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 446,015 |
| Independents | Independents | | Mohammad Saeedikia (born 1946) | Minister of Housing (2005–2009) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Independents | Independents | | Hassan Sobhani (born 1953) | Member of the Parliament (1996–2008) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Independents | Independents | | Mohammed Bagher Kharrazi (born 1959) | No political post | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Independents | Independents | | Ahmad Kashani (born 1947) | Member of the Parliament (1980–1988) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Independents | Independents | | Davoud Ahmadinejad (born 1950) | Chief of Staff of the Presidential House (2005–2008) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Independents | Independents | | Tahmasb Mazaheri (born 1953) | Governor of Central Bank (2007–2008) | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
| Independents | Independents | | Ramin Mehmanparast (born 1956) | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010–2013) | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Independents | Independents | | Hooshang Amirahmadi (born 1947) | No political post | Yes | Yes | — | No | — |
* * Registrations took place from 7 to 11 May 2013.
* **Mottaki left the party on 10 May 2013.

## Alliances
### Principlists
#### Cabinet Alliance

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated he will not endorse anyone or interfere in the election to choose his successor, however he announced he will support Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei if he will be confirmed, two other cabinet members, Mohammad-Reza Rahimi and Sadeq Khalilian are also registered without the support of Ahmadinejad:
* Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
* Mohammad-Reza Rahimi
* Sadeq Khalilian
* Gholam-Hossein Elham
* Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi
* Ali Nikzad
* Hamid Baqai
* Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee

#### Progression Alliance

The following three candidates also known as 2+1 formed a coalition between themselves that one of the three will register for the election and the remaining two will support him, however all of those registered and the main candidate will be announced in a later which it is possible that all will be enter to the elections. This coalition consist of:
* Ali Akbar Velayati
* Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
* Gholamali Haddad-Adel

#### Front of Islamic Revolution Stability

This political group was founded by former Ahmadinejad ministers and supporters who believe in his election message but they are not supporting his actions anymore. For the following election, their main candidates are among Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Saeed Jalili and Parviz Fattah. Kamran Bagheri Lankarani was elected as their candidate on 20 April 2013.
* Kamran Bagheri Lankarani
* Parviz Fattah

#### Conservatives Majority Alliance

The following announced candidates will also chose one with most popularity to officially register for the election. On May 9 after selection of Aboutorabi Fard was announced, Mottaki declared he will not accept this selection and will run separately:
* Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard
* Manouchehr Mottaki
* Mohammad Reza Bahonar
* Yahya Ale Eshaq
* Mostafa Pourmohammadi

#### United Front of Conservatives

The main candidate was elected by a majority vote of the congress on 10 May 2013:
* Alireza Zakani
* Ali Larijani

#### Combatant Clergy Association

Despite being associated with the CCA, Hassan Rouhani was not supported by the party as he progressed in the election. The party eventually had no candidate that they directly supported.
* Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard
* Mostafa Pourmohammadi

### Reformists
#### Moderation and Development Party

Hassan Rouhani announced his registration after his mentor Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was disqualified. Rouhani had gained heavy reformist support throughout his election campaign, with himself being a centrist moderate with ties to the conservative faction.

#### Democracy Party

On 15 January 2013, Democracy party elected their party leader, Mostafa Kavakebian as their sole candidate for the upcoming election. Kavakebian also said that he will withdraw if Mohammad Khatami announced his candidacy.

#### House of Labours

The party elected Hossein Kamali as their candidate on 22 November 2012 but Kamali withdrew on 11 May 2013. The supporting candidate will be elected on 25 May 2013.

#### Executives of Construction Party

After Mohammad-Ali Najafi announced he will not register for the election, the party announced their support for Hassan Rouhani after their candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was disqualified:
* Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
* Mohammad-Ali Najafi
* Eshaq Jahangiri
* Bijan Namdar Zangeneh

#### Association of Combatant Clerics

Mohammad Khatami was considered to be a very popular frontrunner with a lot of support in the election, but he was eventually disqualified, the party then announced their support for Hassan Rouhani:
* Mohammad Khatami
* Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad

#### Islamic Iran Participation Front

Mohammad-Reza Aref eventually became the sole reformist in the final confirmed group of candidates in the election. He withdrew on the advice of Mohammad Khatami so the vote would not be split between Aref and Hassan Rouhani, Aref upon withdrawing immediately announced his support for Rouhani.
* Mohammad-Reza Aref
* Mohsen Mehralizadeh