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Apr. 20, 2017 | 05:42 PM (Last updated: April 20, 2017 | 07:25 PM)

Iran bans live election debates

This combination of pictures created on April 15, 2017 shows the main contenders for Iran's upcoming presidential elections: (top L-R) former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Hamid Baghaie, former vice president under Ahmadinejad, Iran's first Vice-President, Eshaq Jahangiri, (bottom L-R) Iranian cleric and head of the Imam Reza charitable foundation, Ebrahim Raisi, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mayor of Tehran and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (AFP / ATTA KENARE AND STR)

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