About 40% of those who applied to stand disqualified by the Guardian Council
The reformists seem to have given up the fight after many of their candidates were disqualified on the grounds of alleged lack of loyalty to Islamic values, says our correspondent.
They made up the bulk of about 1, 700 candidates barred from running by Iran's Guardian Council - an unelected body of clerics and jurists that vets election candidates.
The reformists seem to have given up the fight after many of their candidates were disqualified on the grounds of alleged lack of loyalty to Islamic values, says our correspondent.
They made up the bulk of about 1, 700 candidates barred from running by Iran's Guardian Council - an unelected body of clerics and jurists that vets election candidates.