Candidates in Iran's presidential elections sound critical of the status quo, but their criticism is usually aimed at easy targets, not the Supreme Leader.
Iran's top leaders are complaining about the dangers of the Internet for the clerical regime, saying "the enemy" is using it to spreading disillusionment about the presidential election.
A well-know female politician and wone's rights advocate in Iran might register as a presidential candidate just to prove that women will not be allowed to run.
Media and oundits in Iran increasingly see the hardliner Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raeesi as the candidate of choice for conservatives in June presidental election.
Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is trying hard to be accepted as a candidate for presidential election in June but other conservatives will likely block him.
The Islamic republic's reformist faction, encouraged by Joe Biden's election are mulling over fielding a candidate in next years presidential vote. Zarif's name has come up.