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Voting Period Extended Amid Speculation Of Low Turnout

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Iranian state TV has confirmed that the Electoral Commission has extended the time individuals can vote in today's presidential election to 2000 local time (1230ET, 1730BST, 1830CET). This comes amid speculation that turnout is low, something that has been rebuffed by gov't officials. Interior Ministry spox Afshar Darabi wrote in a post on X that “Some people are engaging in untrue speculation about the volume of participation...In addition to the fact that this information is incorrect, we inform that exact and legal information about the election will come only through

  • Focus is on whether any of the candidates - hardliners Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Saeed Jalili or reformist Masoud Pezeshkian - can win a majority in the first round to avoid a run off next Friday, 5 July. Pre-election polling indicates that none of the main three candidates will cross the threshold.
  • Recent elections in Iran have been plagued by low turnout, with voters in the reformist camp often staying away in an act of protest against a system that gov't opponents argue is neither free nor fair. Should the turnout prove low it could be a bad sign for Pezeshkian's chances of making the run-off.
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Iranian state TV has confirmed that the Electoral Commission has extended the time individuals can vote in today's presidential election to 2000 local time (1230ET, 1730BST, 1830CET). This comes amid speculation that turnout is low, something that has been rebuffed by gov't officials. Interior Ministry spox Afshar Darabi wrote in a post on X that “Some people are engaging in untrue speculation about the volume of participation...In addition to the fact that this information is incorrect, we inform that exact and legal information about the election will come only through

  • Focus is on whether any of the candidates - hardliners Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Saeed Jalili or reformist Masoud Pezeshkian - can win a majority in the first round to avoid a run off next Friday, 5 July. Pre-election polling indicates that none of the main three candidates will cross the threshold.
  • Recent elections in Iran have been plagued by low turnout, with voters in the reformist camp often staying away in an act of protest against a system that gov't opponents argue is neither free nor fair. Should the turnout prove low it could be a bad sign for Pezeshkian's chances of making the run-off.