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By bne Tehran bureau As the registration for Iran’s presidential elections opens on May 30 and closes on June 3, early projections and speculations about potential candidates are circulating widely, with some previously excluded people in front running. Following the death of Ebrahim Raisi and other top officials close to the northern border with Azerbaijan on May 19 in a helicopter crash, several people have now indicated whether they will register in person at Tehran’s Interior Ministry—including several familiar names. Unlike several countries, Iran’s presidential election is heavily thrott…

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