The registration period has begun for candidates hoping to run in Iran’s presidential election in just over a month’s time. To register their bid, candidates must appear in person at the Interior Ministry in the next five days. The snap election was called because the previous incumbent, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed in a helicopter accident on May 19. Once all the candidates have registered, Iran’s Guardian Council will decide within a week which are ideologically suitable for the post of president. The council is a powerful supervisory body made up of Islamic clerics and lawyers. Politicians fro…