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Iran's ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi was elected president with just under 62 percent of the vote, according to figures released Saturday by Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli. Voter turnout for Friday's election was 48.8 percent of the more than 59 million eligible voters, he said - a record low for a presidential election in the Islamic republic. FRANCE 24's James Andre tells us more.
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Last month, hardliner Ebrahim Raisi was elected as Iran's new president with 62 percent of the vote. But turnout was at a historic low: less than half of eligible voters took part in the election. Our reporters James André, Mayssa Awad and Roméo Langlois spoke to Iranians in the days following the vote to try to understand why so few of them chose to cast a ballot.
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