Abdolnasser Hemmati
Iran announces final list of candidates for June 18 presidential election
The Guardian Council headed by supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei approved a list of seven candidates out of a total of 592 applicants. Most of the approved candidates belong to conservative groups
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