TEHRAN — The pragmatic heavyweight politician Ali Larijani officially registered his nomination for Iran's upcoming snap presidential election, as the competition is unearthing a deeply polarized political spectrum.
During an address to reporters at the election headquarters in Tehran on Friday, Larijani said a top priority in his administration will be "settling the issue of sanctions," expressing confidence that existing public-livelihood grievances will be surmountable under his leadership.
Talks with world powers aimed at lifting those sanctions through the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal remained stalemated during President Ebrahim Raisi's three years in office.
Raisi's term was left incomplete earlier in May when he died in a helicopter crash in a treacherous mountainous terrain, along with seven others, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
