Presidential elections were held in Iran on 16 August 1985, and resulted in the re-election of the incumbent President

Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

Campaign

Freedom Movement of Iran called for a

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Candidates

In July 1985, 50 people applied for the nomination, of which only 3 were approved: *

, the current president and candidate of the Islamic Republic Party. *

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 ...

, lawyer and independent candidate. *

Habibollah Asgaroladi Habibollah Asgaroladi Mosalman ( fa, حبيب‌الله عسگراولادی مسلمان‎; 3 January 1932 – 5 November 2013) was a leading senior Iranian conservative and principlist politician who was the leader of Islamic Coalition Par ...

, former Minister of Commerce and candidate of the Islamic Coalition Party

Disqualified

The following candidates were disqualified by the

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: *

Mehdi Bazargan Mehdi Bazargan ( fa, مهدی بازرگان; 1 September 1907 – 20 January 1995) was an Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Iran's interim government. He was appointed prime minister in February 1979 by Ay ...

, Secretary-General of Freedom Movement of Iran and former

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* Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha * Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei, Secretary-General of Fada'iyan-e Islam *

Babak Zahraei Babak or Babek may refer to: People * Papak or Babak (c. 222), Persian prince and father (or stepfather) of Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire * Babak (Sasanian general) (6th century) * Babak Khorramdin (c. 795/798 – 838), Iranian reb ...

, Leader of

Socialist Workers' Party of Iran Socialist Workers’ Party of Iran ( fa, حزب کارگران سوسیالیست ایران, Ḥezb-e kārgarān-e sūsīālīst-e Irān) is a small Iranian communist party exiled in England.Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: I ...

Results

References

Presidential elections in Iran

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