Interim President Mohammad Mokhber has also been mentioned in Iranian media as a possible candidate. Several more low-key moderate politicians are also likely to enter the race. Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, another former Revolutionary Guards commander, who had been touted as a potential candidate, was reelected Tuesday as the speaker of parliament, making it less likely that he might run for the presidency.A former commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) who is under U.S. sanctions and the mayor of Tehran are among the politicians who registered their intent to run in Iran's presidential election later this month.
