US designates five Iranians for 'preventing free and fair elections'
"The unelected Guardian Council has purged sitting parliamentarians, reformists, and even select traditional conservatives from this election." Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior fellow at FDD, said.
Electoral employees sits next to ballot boxes before closing vote for the presidential election in a polling station in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2017.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByOMRI NAHMIAS