Description
Added on the 19/06/2021 15:40:53 - Copyright : AFP EN
Petit poisson deviendra grand : la première fête de l'anchois à Collioure
On the eve of Iran's presidential election, expected to hand victory to the ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, the candidate-vetting Guardian Council insisted Thursday that "the political contest is serious". Scott Lucas, professor of international politics at the University of Birmingham, gives us his analysis.
Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi has been elected Iran's new president with more than 61.95 percent of the vote, Interior Minister Aboldreza Rahmani Fazli announced on Saturday. Voter turnout was estimated at 48.8%, the lowest ever recorded for a presidential election after reformists called for a boycott. What do we know about Ebrahim Raisi ? FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor, Douglas Herbert, tells us more.
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. Who is Ebrahim Raisi?
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.
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
