2005 Iranian presidential election During the campaign for
2005 presidential election, Mehralizadeh announced his ambition for presidency on December 29 and said he was the candidate for the younger generation. He received some support from
Majlis representatives of
Guilan,
Azerbaijan and
Khorasan. On May 22, 2005, the Guardian Council rejected Mehralizadeh and
Mostafa Moeen's candidacy, but the next day they approved both reformist candidates after the controversial letter of
Ayatollah Khamenei, the
Supreme Leader of Iran, who specifically asked for their approval. Mehralizadeh ranked last in the seven candidates running on June 17, 2005, securing about 1,300,000 votes (4.40%), a record number and percentage for a last finishing presidential candidate in Iran. He ranked first in the two provinces of the
Iranian Azerbaijan.
2021 Iranian presidential election Mohsen Mehralizadeh registered as a presidential candidate for
2021 presidential election in May 2021, and then subsequently was approved by
Guardian Council. He was the only
Reformist candidate among all other 6 candidates. He did withdraw from the competition two days before final election date. == References ==