Who are the main contenders to be Iran’s next president?

The front-runner remains Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. As a former military commander and police chief, as well as the pragmatic conservative speaker of parliament and a relative of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he has the credentials of a regime stalwart. If the other four conservatives drop out of the race and lend him their backing (as often happens in Iranian elections), he should be a shoo-in. That said, as a previous three-time presidential contender, he also has a record as a loser. Critics on the right as well as the left berate him for corruption and hypocrisy, though he denies their accusations. Although Mr Qaliba condemns the West, his son declared he had $150,000 available to fast-track his application for Canadian citizenship.