{{Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two contenders \u2014 a moderate former president and a protege of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad \u2014 from running in next month’s presidential election.}}<\/p>\n
According to a report Wednesday by the semi-official Fars news agency, about 100 lawmakers appealed to the country’s Guardian Council, which vets and short-lists all those seeking to run in the June 14 election.<\/p>\n
One of the lawmakers, Javad Karimi Qodoosi, says they want ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani barred for supporting the opposition in the disputed 2009 vote.<\/p>\n
Qodoosi says the lawmakers also want the Council to disqualify Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confident of Ahmadinejad, for his alleged un-Islamic attitudes.<\/p>\n
Rafsanjani and Mashaei last week submitted their candidacies to the Council, which is to announce the finalists later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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