Iran’s Guardian Council allows 6 candidates to seek presidency, while barring Ahmadinejad

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s hard-line speaker of parliament and five others to run in the country’s June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others. The council again barred former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a firebrand populist known for the … Read more