TEHRAN –
More than forty million Iranians have Friday cast their vote for a new president. Reports that the Iranian ministry of the Interior. It would mean that the turnout at about 70 percent. In Iran were approximately 56 million people called to vote.
The election results within 24 hours expected.
The battle for the presidency is mainly between the current president Hassan Rohani (68) and an ‘ultra’ among the powerful clerics, Ebrahim Raisi (56). A candidate needs more than 50 percent of the votes in this first round for the president to be elected. If none of the candidates that percentage gets, follows about a week a second round.