Iran's First VP Votes In Early Presidential Election's Second Round
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 5. Acting President, the
First Vice President of Iran Mohammad Mokhber has participated in
the voting for the second round of the early presidential election
at a mobile polling station set up in the Interior Ministry in
Tehran, Trend
reports.
Before voting, he spoke to journalists, emphasizing noticeable
activity in the voting compared to the previous week.
He mentioned that the Iranian government is organizing the
election without supporting any Political factions.
To note, the 2nd round of the extraordinary presidential
election started on July 5 at 08:00 (GMT +3:30) in Iran, with two
candidates - Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili - competing. The
duration of the election is 10 hours (if the Ministry of Interior
deems it necessary, the election time can be extended).
A total of 58,640 constituencies have been established in Iran
for the Iranian presidential election inside the country and 344
outside the country. Over 61.4 million voters are eligible to vote
in Iran's presidential election.
According to the results of the first round of the early
presidential election, former Iranian Health Minister Masoud
Pezeshkian counted 10.4 million votes, the representative of Iran's
spiritual leader in the Supreme National Security Council Saeed
Jalili received 9.47 million votes, the Speaker of the Iranian
Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf - 3.38 million votes, and
former Minister of the Interior and Justice and conservative
Mostafa Pourmohammadi - 206,000 votes.
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