Iranian presidential election will take place on June 18. It will be the thirteenth presidential election in Iran since the Iranian revolution of 1979 and the fall of the Pahlavi regime. As with all elections in Iran, potential candidates for the June 18 presidential vote were vetted by the hard-line Guardians Council, whose members are directly and indirectly appointed by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Out of the 529 people who registered to take part in the upcoming presidential election, only seven candidates were approved by Iran's Guardian Council. Among those barred from running are the former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the former parliament speaker Ali Larijani.