Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Iran's Guardian Council on Sunday, June 9, barred former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a firebrand populist known for the crackdown that followed his disputed 2009 re-election, from running in the the country's presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)