Iranians began voting today in the rerun presidential election, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Iranian state television. The elections are being held amid apathy of the electorate, but also escalating regional tensions. “None of the candidates could get an absolute majority” in the first round and “therefore the first and second candidates” will face off in the second round on July 5, Mohsen Eslami, the ministry’s service spokesman, told reporters. which is responsible for conducting the elections. According to the spokesman, Pezeskian received 10,415,991 votes out of 24,535,185 that have been counted, while Jalili received 9,473,298 votes. About 61 million Iranian registered voters were called last Friday to elect a successor to hardline President Ebrahim Raisi after his death in May in a helicopter crash.
Source: News Beast
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