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Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has joined a list of candidates in this month's presidential race to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash near the border with Azerbaijan.
Ahmadinejad announced on June 1 that he will run in the presidential elections, while the media reported today that the 67-year-old and long-time enemy of the reformists has registered to run.
Ahmadinejad and other potential candidates were barred from running against Rais in the 2021 election by vetting institutions, which routinely bar moderate candidates and other challengers from participating in controlled elections in Iran.
The deadline for registration for the June 28 presidential election closes on June 3.
The Guard Council presents the final list of presidential candidates on June 11, once the evaluation process has been completed.
Before his death, Raisi was seen as the successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, 85, who wields fundamental political and religious power under Iran's clerical system.
Ahmadinejad served two terms, between 2005 and 2013, with his second term dominated by large protests over his contested re-election in 2009. Towards the end of his term, he appeared poised to challenge publicly Khamenei.
Iran's presidential and other elections are characterized by low voter turnout, which has worsened in recent years due to disqualification of candidates and power struggles against dissidents.
Human rights groups have complained of a crackdown on freedom of public expression since Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several others were killed in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran while returning from an official visit to Azerbaijan. .
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