Open this photo in gallery: Iran's Guardian Council barred former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pictured on June 2, a firebrand populist known for the crackdown that followed his disputed 2009 re-election, from running in the the country's presidential election.Vahid Salemi/The Associated Press Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s hard-line parliament speaker 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 crackdown that followed his disputed 2009 re-election, from running. The...
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