(Reuters) - With 10 days until Iran's presidential election, voters have been able watch the candidates in debate, but many remain unenthused, believing the result will depend not on those on the platform but on powerful men in the background.
The Revolutionary Guards, a military force over 100,000 strong which also controls swathes of Iran's economy, is widely assumed to have fixed the vote last time around, silenced those who protested and to be preparing to anoint a favoured candidate this year, having already narrowed down the field.
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