Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is challenging the ban of close aide Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from the presidential election on June 14. <br /><br />Ahmadinejad said he would take the issue up with Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei.<br /><br />The President described Mashaei, his former chief of staff, as a "righteous person, beneficial for the country," according to ISNA news agency.<br /><br />...<br />No Comment | euronews: watch the international news without commentary | http://www.euronews.net/nocomment/
