Iran's Supreme Leader Votes In Early Presidential Election
Date
6/28/2024 2:17:54 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 28. Iran's Supreme
Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has voted in today's early
presidential election, Trend reports.
He took part in voting at the polling station established in the
center of worship, named after Imam Khomeini.
Speaking to reporters after the vote, the Supreme Leader of Iran
said that the active participation of Iranian citizens in voting
and increasing the number of voters are urgent needs for Iran.
Khamenei drew attention to the importance of the presidential
election and emphasized that the country would be governed by a
president elected by citizens for four years.
To note, today at 08:00 (GMT +3:30), an early presidential
election began in Iran.
Over 61.45 million voters have the right to vote in the 14th
presidential election.
Four candidates will compete for the presidency: Masoud
Pezeshkian, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Saeed Jalili, and Mostafa
Pourmohammadi.
To recall, on May 19, a helicopter carrying Iranian President
Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Tabriz
Province Imam Ayatollah Ali Hashim, and East Azerbaijan Province
Governor-General Malek Rahmati crashed while flying from Khudafarin
to Tabriz, and the Iranian President and the entire accompanying
delegation were confirmed dead.
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