 "Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. File Photo")
Iran’s hardliner former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered to run for president in the country’s upcoming snap elections organized after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Iran’s state television reported on Sunday.
An election official told reporters on Saturday that 17 hopefuls had signed up since registration for the June 28 election opened on Thursday.
Former parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, a prominent conservative, was among candidates who registered on Friday, as was Abdolnaser Hemmati, a former central bank governor and U.S.-sanctioned former Revolutionary Guards commander Vahid Haghanian.
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The Guardian Council, a cleric-led body that vets candidates, will publish the list of qualified candidates on June 11.
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