Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been barred from running in next month's presidential election.
The 78-year-old who led the country between 1989 and 97 is not among the eight final candidates confirmed by the electoral watchdog, the Guardian Council.
A former chief of staff to President Ahmadinejad, Esfandiar Rahim
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