All candidates have to be approved by the Guardian Council.

He was rejected by Guardian Council from standing in the election.

"The message got passed on to me from someone else, though it originated with the Guardian Council."

It still needs to be approved by the Guardian Council, a conservative body.

The bill still needs the approval of the Guardian Council.

He was a member and spokesman of the Guardian Council.

Later, he was a member of the Guardian Council 1986-92.

The bill needs the approval of the Guardian Council, which has final say over all government actions, to become law.

However, the date was extended for another three days by Guardian Council.

In 1980, he was appointed chairman of the Guardian Council.