the latest major development in Iran’s presidential election came recently as the Guardian Council, the body in charge of vetting all candidates based on their loyalty to the ruling establishment, disqualified all but six, including former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Understanding the importance of this issue is vital to comprehend Iran’s future.
While Ahmadinejad’s disqualification was forecasted by many, such a development stands out as unprecedented in Iranian regime history. Especially considering how he enjoyed the all-out support of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during his two tenures from 2005 to 2013.
In 2005 Khamenei set aside former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and engineered the polls with the Revolutionary Guards to have Ahmadinejad selected from the ballot boxes, much to the surprise of many.
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