Iran election: Rouhani set for showdown with rival Raisi
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Mr Rouhani was elected by a landslide in 2013, on a platform of ending the country's diplomatic isolation Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and leading hardliner Ebrahim Raisi have both been approved to run in elections next month, state media has reported. However former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was barred from standing by a government-controlled vetting body, as was his close ally Hamid Baghaie. A final list of candidates for ...
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