an ▁and ▁were ▁limited ▁to ▁seven ▁days , ▁ending ▁ 2 4 ▁hours ▁before ▁the ▁pol ling ▁process ▁started . ▁The ▁candidates ▁and ▁campaign ers ▁were ▁obliged ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁their ▁mer its , ▁rather ▁than ▁negative ▁campaign ing . ▁Several ▁tab o os ▁on ▁advert is ements ▁were ▁broken ▁during ▁the ▁elections , ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁foreign ▁academic ▁credentials ▁received ▁positive ▁public ity ▁and ▁some ▁campaign ▁liter atures ▁were ▁void ▁of ▁regular ▁political ▁and ▁ide ological ▁j arg on ▁( such ▁as ▁following ▁Im am ' s ▁Line ▁or ▁highlight ing ▁activities ▁against ▁Shah ' s ▁regime ). ▁ ▁Dis qual ifications ▁ ▁Some ▁ 3 , 1 5 0 ▁candidates ▁registered ▁to ▁run ▁for ▁a ▁seat , ▁but ▁the ▁Guardian ▁Council ▁dis qual ified ▁about ▁one - third ▁of ▁them , ▁appro ving ▁only ▁some ▁ 2 , 0 5 0 . ▁Among ▁the ▁dis qual ified ▁candidates , ▁ 3 9 ▁were ▁inc umb ent ▁MP s ▁either ▁belonged ▁to ▁or ▁had ▁sympath ized ▁with ▁the ▁Association ▁of ▁Com bat ant ▁C ler ics , ▁including ▁S ade gh ▁Kh alk h ali , ▁A te g he ▁S edi qi , ▁H os sein ▁M ous avi ▁Tab ri zi , ▁As ad ol lah ▁Bay at - Z an j ani ▁and ▁E bra him ▁As g har za de h . ▁Be h z ad ▁N ab avi ▁and ▁Moh amm ad ▁K hat ami , ▁Iran ' s ▁next ▁president ▁were ▁also ▁dis qual ified