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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Iranians skeptical approaching presidential election
Description: Iran (MNN) — State news IRNA in Iran announced the country’s presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi will take place on Friday, June 28. But Iranians are skeptical.
Presidential candidates can register beginning tomorrow until June 3. There will be a brief time to campaign before the election.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.(Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Iranian voter turnout — a litmus test for election confidence — has decreased significantly. Only 8% of voters participated in the final round of parliamentary elections in Tehran, just one week before Raisi’s death.
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