40 MPs fail to gain initial approval for Iran`s Majlis polls

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – There are unconfirmed reports that the qualifications of 30 to 40 current MPs, who had registered to run for the March parliamentary elections, have not been approved by the government’s appointed executive committees. The qualifications of the parliamentary candidates have to be approved by the mentioned committees, the Interior Ministry, and the Guardian Council respectively. MPs Ali Motahhari, Hamidreza Katoziyan, Ali Abbaspour Tehrani, and Alireza Mahjoub are among the lawmakers whose qualifications have not been approved. These MPs were initiators of controversial proposals at the parliament.