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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iran-presidential-election-candidates/2021/05/25/aef604b2-b8c6-11eb-bc4a-62849cf6cca9_story.html

Iran Announces Presidential Candidates, Dominated by Conservatives

(Washington Post) Kareem Fahim - Iran's Guardian Council on Tuesday announced a list of seven mostly conservative or hard-line candidates vying to replace President Hassan Rouhani in the June 18 presidential election, after several moderate politicians were barred from running. Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative cleric who heads Iran's judiciary, is widely viewed as the front-runner. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who served as president from 2005 to 2013, was excluded from the final list.

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