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Iran's hard-line Guardian Council approves 6 presidential candidates
Iran’s Interior Ministry has announced the final list of presidential candidates approved by the hard-line Guardian Council. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in the Middle East, Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and oil giant Saudi Aramco said that international investors had snatched up the bulk of shares sold in its latest offering.
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