Live presidential debates were held during each of the last two presidential campaigns, in 2009 and 2013. This year, authorities initially announced the debates would be prerecorded, but the Election Campaign Monitoring Committee changed its mind in the face of widespread public criticism.
We're about 30 minutes away from the scheduled start of this second debate.
Iran's vice president for women's affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi has criticized the moderator's questions in the first debate on April 28, saying they were simple and superficial. Molaverdi said the state controlled TV should spent more time to design better question.
All of the six candidates have arrived for the debate. Here are some of their pictures: