Iran election: Unprecedented turnout at Baku polling station [PHOTO]
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By Trend
Iran today is holding the presidential election in the country,
and the high voter turnout of Iranians residing in Baku has been
surprising, according to Iranian ambassador to Baku Javad
Jahangirzadeh.
Speaking with Trend, Jahangirzadeh noted that whatever the outcome
of the election is, it would have a positive effect on the
Azerbaijan-Iran relations.
Iranians started to go to two polling stations in Baku to elect
their next president at 8:00 local time.
This
round of election includes incumbent president Hassan Rouhani
fighting for a second term, rivalled by conservative Ebrahim Raisi,
with a career in the judiciary and currently the superintendent of
Iran’s biggest religious tourism foundation in Mashhad.
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