On the eve of the Iranian presidential elections, the field of candidates - already limited by the scrutiny of the Guardian Council, controlled by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - is further narrowing Two more candidates in tomorrow's presidential elections in Iran, both conservative, have announced their withdrawal today: former nuclear program negotiator Said Jalili and MP Ali Reza Zakani. The reformist Mohsen Mehralizadeh retired yesterday. In contention remain the conservative Ebrahim Raisi, head of the judiciary, the former commander of the Pasdaran Mohsen Rezai, of the same camp, and the governor of the central bank, the moderate Abdolnasser Hemmati. Mohsen Rezai, former commander of the Pasdaran, is in his fourth attempt to win the post of head of government, andFormer Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati is backed by strongly divided reformists and moderates. If the parterre remains this, the polls of the state institute Ispa give Raisi 64% of the votes. His is the most widespread face on the streets of Tehran under the slogan "A government of the people, a strong Iran", while the election posters of the other contenders are practically absent. The elections come while the Islamic Republic is committed to revitalizing the nuclear deal, in indirect negotiations with the US in Vienna, and from which it hopes the lifting of the sanctions restored by Donald Trump and which are suffocating an economy severely hit also by the Covid-19 crisis. The competition, considered by many observers neither free nor open,could record a record of abstention, against the backdrop of widespread discontent over the serious economic crisis and disillusionment with the real powers of the president, in a political system that gives the Supreme Guide the final word on key decisions in the life of the country. In the wake of a broad campaign to boycott the vote, carried out by opponents and dissidents, and the flowers of contagion from Covid, the latest poll by the state institute Ispa predicts a turnout of 42%, a figure that the conservative media have defined a "leap" compared to the 38% recorded last week, but which remains well below that of the last presidential elections of 2017, in which Rohani won a second term with a turnout of 70%. Ayatollah Khamenei,in a televised speech last night he again appealed to the Iranians to vote "en masse", to resist the enemies. The turnout is the data on which the spotlight is focused, in what is a new test of legitimacy for the political system, after three years that have put a strain on relations between society and power not only because of the crisis but also for the harsh repression of the protests in 2019 against expensive petrol and the shooting down of the Ukrainian scheduled flight over Tehran, which killed 176 people, mostly Iranians.after three years that have severely tested relations between society and power not only because of the crisis but also because of the harsh repression of the 2019 protests against expensive gasoline and the killing of the Ukrainian scheduled flight over Tehran , which killed 176 mostly Iranian people.after three years that have severely tested relations between society and power not only because of the crisis but also because of the harsh repression of the 2019 protests against expensive gasoline and the killing of the Ukrainian scheduled flight over Tehran , which killed 176 mostly Iranian people.
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June 17, 2021 On the eve of the Iranian presidential elections, the field of candidates - already limited by the scrutiny of the Guardian Council, controlled by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - is further restricted
Two more candidates in tomorrow's presidential elections in Iran, both Conservatives announced their retirement today: former nuclear program negotiator Said Jalili and MP Ali Reza Zakani.
The reformist Mohsen Mehralizadeh retired yesterday.
In contention remain the conservative Ebrahim Raisi, head of the judiciary, the former commander of the Pasdaran Mohsen Rezai, of the same party, and the governor of the central bank, the moderate Abdolnasser Hemmati.
Mohsen Rezai, former Pasdaran commander, is in his fourth attempt to win the seat of head of government, and former central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati is backed by strongly divided reformists and moderates.
If the parterre remains this, the polls of the state institute Ispa give Raisi 64% of the votes. His is the most widespread face on the streets of Tehran under the slogan "A government of the people, a strong Iran", while the election posters of the other contenders are practically absent.
The elections come while the Islamic Republic is committed to revitalizing the nuclear deal, in indirect negotiations with the US in Vienna, and from which it hopes the lifting of the sanctions restored by Donald Trump and which are suffocating an economy severely hit also by the Covid-19 crisis.
The competition, considered by many observers neither free nor open, could record a record of abstention, against the background of widespread discontent due to the serious economic crisis and disillusionment with the real powers of the president, in a political system that gives the Guide Supreme is the last word on the key decisions in the life of the country.
In the wake of a broad campaign to boycott the vote, carried out by opponents and dissidents, and the flowers of contagion from Covid, the latest poll by the state institute Ispa predicts a turnout of 42%, a figure that the conservative media have defined a "leap" compared to the 38% recorded
last
week
, but which remains well below that of the last presidential elections of 2017, in which Rohani won a second term with a turnout of 70%.
Ayatollah Khamenei, in a televised speech last night, returned to appeal to the Iranians to vote "en masse", to resist the enemies.
The turnout is the data on which the spotlight is focused, in what is a new test of legitimacy for the political system, after three years that have put a strain on relations between society and power not only because of the crisis but also for the harsh repression of the protests in 2019 against expensive petrol and the shooting down of the Ukrainian scheduled flight over Tehran, which killed 176 people, mostly Iranians.
