Iran elections: top candidates

Registration to run in Iran's election on May 19 closed on Saturday, with more than 1,600 hopefuls throwing their hats in the ring.The conservative-controlled Guardian Council will whittle that number down over the next fortnight -- normally to around half a dozen -- with the campaign set to start on April 28.Every president since the early 1980s has won a second term, and Rouhani has done much to maintain his alliance of moderates and reformists -- stabilising the economy and signing a landmark