Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami, considered the spiritual leader of Iran's reformists, urged voters on Sunday to re-elect President Hassan Rouhani in the upcoming election, Reuters reported.
Iran's hardline security and judicial powers, which operate separately to the presidency and are close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have banned media from publishing Khatami's image or mentioning his name, according the report.
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