And here Iranian President Hassan Rohani arriving for the debate:
All of the six candidates have arrived for the debate. Here are some of their pictures:
Iran's vice president for women's affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi has criticized the moderator's questions in the first debate on April 28, saying they were simple and superficial. Molaverdi said the state controlled TV should spent more time to design better question.
We're about 30 minutes away from the scheduled start of this second debate.
Live presidential debates were held during each of the last two presidential campaigns, in 2009 and 2013. This year, authorities initially announced the debates would be prerecorded, but the Election Campaign Monitoring Committee changed its mind in the face of widespread public criticism.
This entry marks the end of our live coverage of the first campaign debate, on April 28. Keep reading rferl.org for our continuing coverage of Iran's 2017 presidential election.
Many social media users are praising Eshaq Jahangiri as the winner of the debate. This user calls him "Super Eshaq."
The debate has ended.
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a former vice president under reformist Mohammad Khatami, refers to Jahangiri as "the phenomenon" of this election season.