Middle East Eye:

Mohammad-Javad Haghsenas has had his dream of sitting in Iran’s parliament dashed. Like thousands of other reformists, he was disqualified from running for election by the Guardian Council.

But despite his ban, he is determined to get back in the game.

“I and other disqualified reformists have appealed against the Guardian Council's decisions, and we are hopeful that the council will take measures that will reinstate some candidates,” he told MEE.

The Guardian Council, a collection of theologians picked by the Supreme Leader and jurists nominated by the judiciary, holds sway over who can and cannot run in the country's elections.

On Saturday, it approved an extra 1,500 candidates to contest the parliamentary election, raising the total number of hopefuls by around a third, according to media reports

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