Ahmadinejad Shocks Iran with Return Bid for Presidency

In a shock move Iran’s former president Mahmood Ahmadinejad has joined the multitude of conservative candidates challenging the current President Hassan Rouhani on his reelection bid in presidential elections due May 19.

No one had expected Ahmadinejad to run in the elections following a public admonishment by the Supreme Leader of the Republic Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khameni last year to him to refrain from doing so.