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Ahmadinejad says aide's disqualification from Iran presidential race is act of 'oppression'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of "oppression" and that he will take the case to the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.His comments were posted on his website, president.ir, the day after the Guardian Council removed Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from the final candidate list.Despite Ahmadinejad's pledge to appeal, it is unlikely that the Guardian Council made its decision without the blessing of the Supreme Leader. It allowed only eight candidates, mostly ones backed by clerical hard-liners.The ruling dealt a serious blow to Ahmadinejad's hopes of having a loyalist succeed him. He can't run in the June 14 ballot due to term limits under Iran's constitution."I believe the right of an oppressed man won't be trampled at this level in a country where there is Velayat-e-Faqih," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying, referring to Iran's Islamic system of go...

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