Low turnout could dent Iranian hard-liners’ claims to legitimacy


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Issue 1127 - 03 Jun 2021 | 4 minute read

The decision by the Shura-ye Negahban (Guardian Council) to cull all but seven names from the list of 592 people who had registered to run in the presidential election on 18 June was, on the surface, unsurprising.

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