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: Iran's Interior Ministry has announced the list of finally approved candidates for the upcoming presidential elections, with former Parliament Speaker and veteran politician Ali Larijani and former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad disqualified.
Sunday 9 June 2024 - 17:48
Story Code : 422998
Source : Iran Front Page
List of Iran approved presidential candidates come out, Ahmadinejad, Larijani, disqualified
80 people had registered to run for the elections.
Except for Pezeshkian who is a reformist figure, all other candidates are from the principlist camp.
This is the second time that Ahmadinejad and Larijani have been barred from running for president.
According to the election law, the candidates have from Sunday until 24 hours before the election day, to engage in election campaigning. The elections will be held on June 28.
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