![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a presidential candidate for June 28, election arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ae6731d0b7324952b57e9c5412a3def1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a presidential candidate for June 28, election arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28 election Saeed Jalili, former Iran's top nuclear negotiator, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/48b4ecdb25eb4592a01c45a2abe05906/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28 election Saeed Jalili, former Iran's top nuclear negotiator, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28 election Alireza Zakani, who is Tehran Mayor, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b207ce2442824470adec67e429cb6ae8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28 election Alireza Zakani, who is Tehran Mayor, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, reformist presidential candidate for June 28, election Masoud Pezeshkian speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0c344ede45094a9493d26cbc732e869a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, reformist presidential candidate for June 28, election Masoud Pezeshkian speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture released by the Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate in the June 28 election Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a former Minister of Justice, left, speaks as candidate Alireza Zakani, who is Tehran mayor, listens during a debate at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d24942ca72a242708f476467a2e2215c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture released by the Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate in the June 28 election Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a former Minister of Justice, left, speaks as candidate Alireza Zakani, who is Tehran mayor, listens during a debate at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for the June 28, election Alireza Zakani, who is Tehran Mayor, arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6e822b7d07824f8d939923e31ffb72ef/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for the June 28, election Alireza Zakani, who is Tehran Mayor, arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for the June 28, election Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Vice President of late Ebrahim Raisi, arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5a977dcf931440d89a123ce18fa8f631/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for the June 28, election Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Vice President of late Ebrahim Raisi, arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this photo released by the Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28 election, Saeed Jalili, former Iran's top nuclear negotiator, attends a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9950ac36543b4a1a930f782db75514e2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this photo released by the Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28 election, Saeed Jalili, former Iran's top nuclear negotiator, attends a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this photo released by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a presidential candidate for the June 28 election, center, speaks as other candidates Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a former Minister of Justice, right, and Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Vice President of late Ebrahim Raisi, listen in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/231482f0d563422490cccbec4197806d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this photo released by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a presidential candidate for the June 28 election, center, speaks as other candidates Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a former Minister of Justice, right, and Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Vice President of late Ebrahim Raisi, listen in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28, election Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a former Minister of Justice, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e03941488ef049eeb0da8ec4b2639349/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28, election Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a former Minister of Justice, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28, election Saeed Jalili, former Iran's top nuclear negotiator, arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/20c2a5985be7480bbc36468785ed3ac3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28, election Saeed Jalili, former Iran's top nuclear negotiator, arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this photo released by the Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28 election Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Vice President of late Ebrahim Raisi, attends a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b2f98839ff27426dad19e30d4486f94b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this photo released by the Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, presidential candidate for June 28 election Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Vice President of late Ebrahim Raisi, attends a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, reformist presidential candidate for the June 28, election, Masoud Pezeshkian, arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/06e0d486b30d4cde9791c188f77ae3b5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, reformist presidential candidate for the June 28, election, Masoud Pezeshkian, arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this photo released by the Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a presidential candidate for June 28 election, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f83cbbff85b04f51854d3905bb51d7a8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this photo released by the Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a presidential candidate for June 28 election, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, a presidential candidate for June 28, election Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a former Minister of Justice, arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a1f13edb32b44f83a74301c6f32e8a76/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, a presidential candidate for June 28, election Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a former Minister of Justice, arrives for a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, reformist presidential candidate for June 28, election Masoud Pezeshkian sits in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/747b50817c404f1690d5f97d389c409a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, reformist presidential candidate for June 28, election Masoud Pezeshkian sits in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)
![Morteza Fakhri Nezhad In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, reformist presidential candidate for June 28, election Masoud Pezeshkian shows a graph of Iranians calorie consumption per capita in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f884d47041e04a0bb583a7680914e9e2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, reformist presidential candidate for June 28, election Masoud Pezeshkian shows a graph of Iranians calorie consumption per capita in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)