Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced that the Islamic Republic’s presidential election will be held on June 14, 2013, Press TV reported.

The registration of presidential candidates will be conducted from May 7, 2013 to May 11, Mohammad-Najjar told reporters on Saturday, Dec 15.

“The presidential election will be held simultaneously with Iran’s fourth city council elections,” he added.

Meanwhile, Iran's Majlis is set to introduce some amendments to the presidential electoral law.

The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term in a national election. Candidates for the presidency must be approved by the Guardian Council.

Iranians will choose their seventh president to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the next year’s election.