Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered to run in June's presidential election, State TV reports.
FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2006 file photo, then Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, third left, reviews Basij paramilitary volunteers, affiliated to the elite Revolutionary Guard, at a parade ceremony, accompanied by then Basij commander Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi, right, in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran.
Broadcast footage showed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marching accompanied by supporters to a registration center at the Interior Ministry where he filled out registration forms. Khamenei says he will not oppose the nomination of any candidate, although the electoral council may still block Ahmadinejad’s candidacy. In either case, the populist’s return to the political scene may energize discontent among hard-liners who seek a tougher stance against the west — particularly Israel and the U.S.
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