DUBAI (Reuters) - Candidates began signing up on Tuesday for Iran's June 18 presidential polls with the clerical establishment hoping for a high turnout in a vote seen as a referendum on the leaders’ handling of the Islamic Republic’s political and economic crises.
Turnout may be hit by rising discontent over steep rises in consumer prices and high unemployment as the economy has been crippled by U.S. sanctions reimposed after the United States in 2018 pulled out of Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
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