Iran Approves Six Candidates for Presidential Election

Guardian Council selects mostly hardline candidates to replace late President Ebrahim Raisi in upcoming snap election.

• The election, moved up to June 28, follows Raisi's death in a helicopter crash last month.
• Candidates include parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.
• Only one reformist candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, was approved among the six.
• High-profile figures like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ali Larijani were disqualified.
• The election comes amid economic struggles and low voter turnout expectations.

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