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Chief Justice of Iran Ebrahim Raisi is seen as the current front-runner There is not a moderate of any stature on the list of candidates for the next president of Iran. In this sort of controlled democracy, there is usually a sense of tension, suspense and at least limited debate. This time, less than in recent memory.  Nearly 600 threw their hats in the ring. All but seven have been disqualified. According to former Iranian diplomat Mehrdad Khonsari, rage against the vetting machine is unprecedented. Both President Hassan Rouhani, whose vice president was barred from the short list, and Sadeq Larijani, from one of Iran s most powerful families and whose brother was disqualified, have spoken out about the dearth of choice. Larijani, incidentally, is even on the very vetting organization, the Guardian Council, that he has lambasted.

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