Iran's presidential candidates debate economic policies ahead of June 28 vote

Presidential candidates for June 28 election attend a debate at a state-run TV studio in Tehran, Iran, June 17, 2024, in this picture made available by Iranian state TV, IRIB. Presidential candidate Alireza Zakani, who is Tehran mayor, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, June 17, 2024, in this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB. Reformist presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, who is a parliament member, attends a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, June 17, 2024, in this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB. Hard-line presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who is Iran's Parliament speaker, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, June 17, 2024, in this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB. Presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, former Iran's top nuclear negotiator, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, June 17, 2024, in this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB. Presidential candidate Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, vice president of late Ebrahim Raisi, speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, June 17, 2024, in this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB. Presidential candidate Mostafa Pourmohammadi speaks in a debate of the candidates at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, June 17, 2024, in this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB.

Six presidential candidates on Monday discussed Iran's economic problems in a four-hour live debate on state TV, ahead of the June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash last month that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.