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Women seeking to run in the presidential election on 14 June have been told they are not allowed to take part.
The remark by Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, one of Iran’s constitutional watchdog group, effectively kills the largely symbolic bids by about 30 women seeking to run for office.
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