Iran´s holding presidential elections. Here are the candidates to watch.
(WorldNews Iran)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran on Feb. 11. (Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press) Iran´s official month-long presidential campaign period kicked off last week in the run-up to the May 19 election. While former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad´s candidacy garnered international headlines, the real major development came when Ebrahim Raisi - touted as a potential successor to Iran´s aging supreme leader - entered the race. Instead of a straightforward reelection campaign for Iran´s incumbent president, the question of supreme leader succession now looms over next month´s election. Rouhani has a mixed record during his first term as president. He negotiated the Joint...