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Hardline Iranian MP set to become first female presidential candidate
A radical Iranian MP who pushed for executions of protesters has stepped forward to become the country’s first female presidential candidate. Zohreh Elahian has registered to run in the country’s snap elections at the end of June following the sudden death of Ebrahim Raisi, its former president, last month in a helicopter crash. A staunch supporter of Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader, she could potentially become the first woman ever allowed to stand if approved by the Guardian Council.