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.
All of the six candidates have arrived for the debate. Here are some of their pictures:
And here Iranian President Hassan Rohani arriving for the debate:
The hard-line Afsaran.ir says on its Instagram account that some of the campaign posters of hard-line presidential candidate Ebrahimi Raisi have been destroyed in Mashhad.
The second debate is set to begin. Candidates are now listening to singing from the Koran.
Here we go! The moderator first offered his condolences on the death of some 35 miners following an explosion in a mine in Golestan province.
The following is a tweet by a group of Rohani's supporters: "Mission impossible 2," it reads.
Tehran's Mayor Qalibaf is up first. He's asked about Iran's academic standing and ways to promote it.
Qalibaf says the education ministry is the most important department that plays a role in this sphere.
Mirsalim criticized Qalibaf for not mentioning research.