Iran hardliners dominate ballot as Guardian Council disqualifies reformers
More than 580 people were disqualified from the presidential race by the Guardian Council
25 May 2021 - 21:15
Iranians will get to choose from a field of mostly hardline candidates hostile to the West and sceptical of the country’s troubled nuclear deal when they pick their next president in June.
The front-runner in the final list of seven candidates, published by the interior ministry, is the current head of the judiciary, ultraconservative cleric, Ebrahim Raisi...
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