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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.