Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered to run again for president. The controversial figure showed up in a registration station over the weekend, holding up his birth certificate and smiling. Iran is holding elections after the country’s President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash last month along with the foreign minister and two other officials. The World reports on what Ahmadinejad’s registration means and how the race is shaping up.
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