The official IRNA news agency reported Moin's move late yesterday, saying the former pediatrician wants to participate in the election expected in May or June.
President Hojatoleslam Mohammad Khatami cannot run for a third four-year term under the country's constitution.
Moin resigned from his ministerial post in Khatami's government in late July to protest mass arrests of students.
It is still unclear whether the hard-line constitutional watchdog, the Guardians Council, will allow Moin to run for the office. The council disqualified thousands of reformist candidates hoping to compete in parliamentary elections in January 2004.
Former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati and former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezai are among conservatives who have entered the race for the presidency.
(Reuters/dpa)
President Hojatoleslam Mohammad Khatami cannot run for a third four-year term under the country's constitution.
Moin resigned from his ministerial post in Khatami's government in late July to protest mass arrests of students.
It is still unclear whether the hard-line constitutional watchdog, the Guardians Council, will allow Moin to run for the office. The council disqualified thousands of reformist candidates hoping to compete in parliamentary elections in January 2004.
Former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati and former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezai are among conservatives who have entered the race for the presidency.
(Reuters/dpa)
