Let the campaigning begin! Iran’s Constitutional Council has finished vetting dozens of presidential candidates and the Ministry of the Interior has published the names. That officially begins the campaigning season for the June 18 presidential election.

The race now is between seven candidates. Follow them on the campaign trail at The Heat!

The upcoming vote is the 13^th presidential election in the Islamic Republic in 42 years. On the blue bar above, you can see a timeline of the presidential elections that have been held in Iran over the past four decades, each glittering mark representing one milestone of democracy. As Iranians ready up to go to the ballot box yet again in a presidential election on June 18, you can visit this page, or search #IranElection2021 on social media, for a full coverage of the election by Press TV.