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Iran’s 10th parliamentary polls opened today
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei was one of the first to cast his vote
Iranians vote for Parliament and Council of Experts
Ballots are in 53,000 polling stations for 290 MPs and 88 members of the Council
Nearly 55 million Iranians are eligible to vote
4,844 candidates are competing to get into Parliament
360 candidates also compete for parliament and council of experts from 4 Kurdish provinces
UN: ‘We encourage free and fair elections everywhere in the world. We certainly hope that will be the case in Iran,’
Khamenei: ‘Turnout in the elections should be as such that our enemy will be disappointed and will lose hope.’
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei was one of the first to cast his vote
Iranians vote for Parliament and Council of Experts
Ballots are in 53,000 polling stations for 290 MPs and 88 members of the Council
Nearly 55 million Iranians are eligible to vote
4,844 candidates are competing to get into Parliament
360 candidates also compete for parliament and council of experts from 4 Kurdish provinces
UN: ‘We encourage free and fair elections everywhere in the world. We certainly hope that will be the case in Iran,’
Khamenei: ‘Turnout in the elections should be as such that our enemy will be disappointed and will lose hope.’
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