In Iran reformist legislators mounted protests Sunday after dozens of them were barred from seeking reelection next month. The hard-line Guardian Council banned at least 80 incumbent deputies and thousands of other candidates in a move criticized by President Mohammad Khatami, who was voted into office in 1997 on a reform platform. The Guardian Council screens all candidates for national office. The Council is made up of 12 members, including six clerics. The entire Council is appointed either directly or indirectly by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who succeeded the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as Iran’s supreme leader.