![Vahid Salemi Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Iran's Guardian Council on Sunday, June 9, barred former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a firebrand populist known for the crackdown that followed his disputed 2009 re-election, from running in the the country's presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/690c73f138624d49807fae4817622187/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Iran's Guardian Council on Sunday, June 9, barred former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a firebrand populist known for the crackdown that followed his disputed 2009 re-election, from running in the the country's presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
![Vahid Salemi Iran's hard-line parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf sits while registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 3, 2024. Iran's Guardian Council on Sunday, June, 9, approved the country's hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the country's presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/590926e1d6a844f1b7724c4d164d0498/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Iran's hard-line parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf sits while registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 3, 2024. Iran's Guardian Council on Sunday, June, 9, approved the country's hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the country's presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)