Iranian ex-President Rafsanjani to run in 2013 polls

Iranian ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said yesterday that he was planning to stand at the presidential polls of June 14, 2013.

Rafsanjani was the President of Iran in 1989-1997. He ran for president again in 2005, but lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Iranian candidates for president will be registered on May 7-11.