Presidential elections were held in

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on 8 June 2001, and resulted in

Mohammad Khatami Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...

being elected as the

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for his second term.

Candidates

Although 814 candidates registered for the election, including 25 women, the

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reduced it to ten. The final candidates were: *

, Incumbent

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* Ahmad Tavakkoli, Former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs *

Ali Shamkhani Ali Shamkhani (Persian: , born 29 September 1955) is an Iranian two-star general. He is the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran. Early life and education Shamkhani was born on 29 September 1955 in Ahvaz, Khuzestan. His f ...

, Incumbent Minister of Defense *

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, Incumbent Chancellor of

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Mahmoud Kashani Sayyid Mahmoud Kashani (born 6 June 1942) is an Iranian politician, academic, writer and lawyer. He is also a professor in Shahid Beheshti University. He was head of the Iranian delegation to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Nether ...

, Former Iranian delegation to the

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Hassan Ghafourifard Hassan Ghafourifard ( fa, حسن غفوری‌فرد) (born 5 August 1943) is an Iranian academic and conservative politician. Ghafourifard held government portfolios in the 1980s, before being appointed as the Physical Education Organization unde ...

, Former Minister of Energy and Member of Parliament * Mansour Razavi, Incumbent Member of City Council of Tehran *

Shahabedin Sadr Sayyid Shahab od-Din Sadr ( fa, سید شهاب‌الدین صدر) is an Iranian physician and principlist politician. Career Sadr was one of ten candidates in the presidential elections in 2001. He was also a Member of Parliament of Iran fro ...

, Former Member of Parliament *

Ali Fallahian Ali Fallahian ( fa, علی فلاحیان , born 23 October 1949) is an Iranian politician and cleric. He served as intelligence minister from 1989 to 1997 under the presidency of Ali Akbar Rafsanjani. Early life and education Fallahian was bo ...

, Former Minister of Intelligence *

Mostafa Hashemitaba Mostafa Hashemitaba ( fa, مصطفی هاشمی‌طبا; born 22 May 1946) is an Iranian reformist politician. Hashemitaba served as Iran's minister of industries and vice president, as well as head of National Olympic Committee of Iran. He is de ...

, Incumbent Head of Physical Education Organization

Campaign

After the scandalous final two years of his term, Mohammad Khatami was expected to be elected by a much smaller margin than in 1997. His term was marred by the unlawful arrest of political activists, killings of Iranian dissidents, and closure of several Iranian newspapers. Though Khatami was still believed to win by a

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, this oppression was thought to significantly impact his performance in the election. Initially, Khatami had considered not running for reelection. But, after months of his supporters and party members pleading with him, he finally decided to declare his candidacy two months before the start of the election. Central to Khatami's campaign were the issues of economic revival, job growth, and democratic reform. Khatami also sought to restore the austerity of the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

. According to CNN, Khatami's aides described his campaign as a “referendum for reform”. Most of Khatami's nine other challengers were independent conservatives, according to BBC.

Results

Turnout

References

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