Hardliner Raisi wins Iran’s presidential election

 

19 Jun, 2021 06:45 / Updated 21 minutes ago

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Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi gestures after he votes during 

presidential elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran June 18, 2021. 

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Conservative judge Ebrahim Raisi is the presumed victor of Iran’s presidential election. As the clear frontrunner, Raisi received congratulations from rival candidates hours before preliminary results were announced.

Iran’s Interior Ministry signaled Raisi’s victory on Saturday morning, Iranian media reported. Preliminary results released by the ministry show that Raisi secured a landslide victory, Press TV said.

Iranian Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Orf said 28.6 million Iranians participated in the election. With approximately 90% of ballots counted, Raeisi received over 17.8 million votes. The rest of the votes were split between three other candidates. Second-place Mohsen Rezaei received 3.3 million votes. Orf noted that there were still ballots left to be counted, however.

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