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Iran’s election watchdog the Guardian Council said on Friday that it may reconsider the barring of candidates from this month’s presidential election after the Supreme Leader said some of them had been wronged.
“The orders of the Supreme Leader are final and his ruling must be obeyed. The Guardian Council will soon announce its opinion, acknowledging that it is not immune to error,” council spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei tweeted.
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on Iran’s affairs, last month endorsed the council’s rejection of several prominent moderate and conservative candidates for the June 18 vote, including former parliament speaker Ali Larijani.
Iran's Guardians Council will review its decision to exclude several prominent candidates for this month’s presidential election after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized the electoral vetting body.
The latest round of Vienna talks on restoring the JCPOA ended without a deal but Rouhani and his senior officials are still upbeat about resolving remaining differences. Meanwhile, the approved presidential candidates are campaigning, but the main moderate candidate is facing limitations. Khamenei h