Presidential elections were held in

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on 16 August 1985, and resulted in the re-election of the incumbent

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Ali Khamenei Ali Hosseini Khamenei (; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third President of Iran, president from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei's tenure ...

Campaign

Freedom Movement of Iran The Freedom Movement of Iran (FMI) or Liberation Movement of Iran (LMI; ) is an Iranian pro-democracy political organization founded in 1961, by members describing themselves as "Muslims, Iranians, Constitutionalists and Mossadeghists". It is th ...

called for a

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Candidates

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

, the current president and candidate of the

Islamic Republic Party The Islamic Republican Party (IRP; , also translated Islamic Republic Party) was formed in 1979 to assist the Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini in their goal to establish theocracy in Iran. It was disbanded in 1987 due to internal confl ...

. * Mahmoud Kashani, lawyer and

independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...

candidate. *

Habibollah Asgaroladi Habibollah Asgaroladi Mosalman (‎; 3 January 1932 – 5 November 2013) was a leading senior Iranian conservative and principlist politician who was the leader of Islamic Coalition Party, a highly influential conservative political party in ...

, former Minister of Commerce and candidate of the

Islamic Coalition Party The Islamic Coalition Party (ICP; ) is a conservative liberal political party in Iran. The ICP is the pivotal organization within Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader and is considered a lay ally of the influential Combata ...

Disqualified

The following candidates were disqualified by the

Guardian Council The Guardian Council (also called Council of Guardians or Constitutional Council, ) is an appointed and constitutionally mandated 12-member council that wields considerable power and influence in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The constitution ...

: *

Mehdi Bazargan Mehdi Bazargan (; 1 September 1907 – 20 January 1995) was an Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Interim government of Iran, 1979, Iran's interim government. One of the leading figures of Iranian Revolutio ...

, Secretary-General of

and former

Prime Minister of Iran The prime minister of Iran was a political post that had existed in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty and into the start of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979 Iranian Revolution ...

Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha Sayyid Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha (Persian: سید محمد موسوی خوئینی‌ها) (born 1945) is an Iranian cleric and secretary general of the reformist Association of Combatant Clerics. He was the founder of the now defunct '' Salam' ...

Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei () is an Iranian Iranian Principlists, conservative activist. Son of Gholam Hossein Tabrizi, Sheikh Gholamhosein Mojtahed-e Tabrizi, he had a lower-middle-class ''bazaari'' background and was a minor attendant in a smal ...

, Secretary-General of Fada'iyan-e Islam * Babak Zahraei, Leader of Socialist Workers' Party of Iran

Results

References

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Ali Khamenei

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