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    Ahmadinejad to Contest Ally's Ban from Elections

    Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he will ask supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to reverse what he branded the unjust disqualification of a close aide from next month's presidential election, AFP reports.

    The conservative-dominated Guardians Council on Tuesday eliminated both the aide, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, as well as ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from a list of eight candidates for the June 14 election.

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