Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered as a candidate on Sunday for the upcoming election to the office he held between 2005 and 2013, Iranian media reported. Ahmadinejad’s controversial presidency was noted for his anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic statements. He was accused of denying the Holocaust as well as of calling for the destruction of Israel. He has recently drawn attention through remarks critical of the Iranian government and is thought to have fallen into disfavour with the establishment as a result. Iranians will vote for a new president on June 28 following the deat…