Directly elected by the public from a list of candidates vetted by the Guardian Council, the Assembly of Experts is made up of 88 clerics with the responsibility of supervising the Supreme Leader and selecting a new one.

A total of 510 candidates registered for the election and were vetted by the Council, bringing it down to only 138 by disqualifying moderates, and even several principlists, in favor of hardliners of the regime.

[2][7] Euronews wrote the only real winner of elections in Iran was Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as competition is also centered around "ego, personality and resources.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps thanked Iranians for their "glorious" participation in the elections as a "decisive response to enemies".

Mohammad Khatami, Iran's first reformist president, did not vote, while Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate for advocating women's rights, called the election a "sham".