Ahmadinejad asks Khamenei for free and immediate elections - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Feb 22, 2018

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stands for the national anthem beneath a portrait of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a gathering of reformed drug addicts in Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2011. — REUTERS/Caren Firouz

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Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) meets with Iraq's Vice President Khudair al-Khuzaie (R) during his visit in Baghdad July 18, 2013. REUTERS/Hadi Mizban/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E97I1UN701

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Saeid Jafari

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C front) listens to his supporters during the funeral ceremony of Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi, who was killed in Saudi Arabia in a stampede at the haj pilgrimage, after Friday prayer in Tehran November 27, 2015. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - RTX1W3E5

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Fereshteh Sadeghi

Fereshteh Sadeghi

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) stands with former Iranian Vice President Hamid Baghaei (R) after registering at the Interior Ministry's election headquarters as candidates begin to sign up for the upcoming presidential elections in Tehran on April 12, 2017.
Ahmadinejad had previously said he would not stand after being advised not to by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying he would instead support his former deputy Hamid Baghaie who also registered on Wednesday. / AFP PHOTO / ATTA

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Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi