FILE PHOTO: Posters of presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi are seen at a campaign center in Tehran, Iran June 4, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
DUBAI (Reuters) -Candidates in Iran's presidential election this month traded strong barbs in a debate on Saturday, accusing each other of treason or of lacking the education to run an economy devastated by three years of U.S. sanctions.
While the five hardline candidates attacked the eight-year performance of outgoing pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani, the leading moderate candidate, former central bank chief Abdolnaser Hemmati, blamed hardliners for heightened tensions with the West that he said had worsened Iran’s economic woes.
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