Rafsanjani set to run for Iran presidency in June elections

Financial Times: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's influential 70-year-old former president, yesterday gave the clearest indication he would again run for president in June's elections when the reformist Mohammad Khatami stands down."The issue of the presidency has occupied my mind, and even though I would like someone else to take the responsibility, I think I'm going to have to swallow this bitter medicine," Mr Rafsanjani said. But the election has no obvious frontrunner, and Mr Rafsanjani's months of hesitation have delayed the decisions of others.