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Hassan Rowhani, right, a moderate cleric who served for years as an Iranian nuclear negotiator, said Thursday in Tehran that he would seek the presidency. Mr. Rowhani, a critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, resigned from his post in 2005 after Mr. Ahmadinejadâs election.