17-05-2017 19:39 via yahoo.com

Rouhani warns Revolutionary Guards not to meddle in Iran election

By Babak DehghanpishehBEIRUT (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday urged Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards and the Basij militia under its controlnot to meddle in Friday's presidential election, in a rare warning that underscored rising political tensions.The Guards, who oversee an economic empire worth billions of dollars, are seldom criticized in public, but the pragmatist Rouhani is locked in an unexpectedly tight race against hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi, who is believed to h
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