In Iran, the winner of the presidential election was named

According to preliminary results, the victory was won by the Chairman of the Supreme Court Ebrahim Raisi. All of his rivals conceded defeat

 Iran has named the winner of the presidential election

Ibrahim Raisi

Supreme Court Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi has won the presidential election in Iran, the head of the Islamic Republic’s election headquarters, Jamal Ruf, said in announcing the initial results of the vote. This is reported by Reuters with reference to the state television of Iran.

Riasi received 17.8 million votes. A total of 28.6 million people took part in the vote.

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The three other presidential candidates received the following preliminary results:

  • Secretary of the Expediency Council Mohsen Rezai & mdash; more than 3 million 300 thousand votes
  • former head of the Central Bank Abdolnaser Hemmati & mdash; more than 2 million 400 thousand votes
  • deputy Chairman of the Mejlis (Parliament) Amir Hossein Kazizadeh Hashemi-more than 1 million votes.

The headquarters clarified that these data are preliminary, the final results will be announced during the day. At the moment, 90% of the ballots have been counted.

The current President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, did not take part in the elections, as his second term in office is coming to an end.

All of Raisi’s competitors have already recognized his victory in the elections. Outgoing President Rouhani also congratulated the winner, without naming him. “Congratulations to the chosen candidate. Of course, since this has not yet been officially announced, I will postpone the official congratulations by law, but the one who was elected by the people and received a sufficient number of votes is already known. God willing, he will become president in 45 days, ” the president said.

Raisi has been the head of the Iranian judiciary since 2019, before that he was the Prosecutor General. The politician is under US sanctions because of suspicions of a tough crackdown on protests.

In Iran’s previous presidential election in 2017, Raisi also participated. Then he won more than 10 million votes, and Rouhani-more than 14 million

As Bloomberg notes, Raisi’s victory could complicate efforts to restore the nuclear agreement. The US withdrawal from the deal under former President Donald Trump has expanded the capabilities of hardliners in Iran, the agency points out.

The presidential election in Iran was held on Friday, June 18. Voting began at 07: 00 (05:30 Moscow time) and was supposed to continue until 00: 00 (22: 30 Moscow time), but the work of the polling stations was extended due to the fact that not everyone had time to cast their vote in the allotted time.

Источник rbc.ru

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