Iran's hardline ex-leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election

 Iran's hardline ex-leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election after 'Butcher of Tehran' Ebrahim Raisi was killed in helicopter crash

• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered as a presidential candidate 
• He openly challenged Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
• It comes after president Ebrahim Raissi was killed in a helicopter crash 
  
  
  

• Iran’s hard-line former leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after a helicopter crash killed President Ebrahim Raissi. 

  The populist former leader's registration puts pressure on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In office, Mr Ahmadinejad openly challenged the 85-year-old cleric, and his attempt to run in 2021 was barred by the authorities.

  The firebrand, Holocaust-questioning politician's return comes at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the West over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear programme, its arming of Russia in its war on Ukraine, and its wide-reaching crackdowns on dissent.

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