The Way of the Nation Party announced prominent Reformist and former governor of Isfahan and Khorasan provinces, Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh, as their candidate in this election. Alongside Masoud Pezeshkian, Mehr-Ali-Zadeh is one of the most prominent ethnic Azeri candidates to so far enter the race. Ethnic Azeris make up between 20-25% of the population of Iran.
