We are unable to add any assigness - other than the administrator - to an issue. However all users appear to be possible candidates for the role of reporter.
One should have "Assignbale User" permission before you can assign issues to them. See https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Managing+Project+Permissions
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