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Polls opened in Iran on Friday with voters set to give their verdict on President Hassan Rouhani's policy of opening up to the world and efforts to rebuild the stagnant economy. IMAGES of Iranians voting
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns Iran that the United States will respond "decisively" to any attack by its proxies, as tensions rise with the Israel-Hamas war. "The United States does not seek conflict with Iran. We do not want this war to widen. But if Iran or its proxies attack US personnel anywhere, make no mistake. We will defend our people -- we will defend our security -- swiftly and decisively," Blinken tells a UN Security Council session. SOUNDBITE
**RESTRICTIONS: NO Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto-1 TV/Iran International** Tehran, Jun 19 (EFE).- Iran’s ultraconservative chief justice Ebrahim Raisi has won the presidential elections with nearly 18 million votes, the Interior Ministry announced on Saturday.Raisi obtained 61.96 per cent of 28,933.004 votes, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said at a press conference.FOOTAGE OF THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR ABDOLREZA RAHMANÍ FAZLÍ ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS. SOUNDBITES OF FAZLI.Translation:"Of the total of the 59,310,307 people eligible (to vote), the total of the votes cast was 28,933,004 and the average turnout was 48.8%. Mr Seyed Ebrahim Raisí, with 17,926,345 votes, has achieved the first position and has been elected president by our dear people."
Tehran (Iran), March 17 (EFE), (Camera: Artemis Razmipour).- Iran's president Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the "conditions" for the United States to eliminate the sanctions against his country are in place and that he expects "action "by the White House, as well as the US return to the 2015 nuclear deal. SOUNDBITES OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI: "Today, more than ever, the conditions are in place for the sanctions to be eliminated. Americans have explicitly declared, and not once but several times, that the path of the previous administration was wrong and that the maximum pressure failed. They have repeated it several times and have expressed that they want to return to the path of compromise, to the path of the JCPOA. Of course, words are not enough for us, it is clear that we expect action.""In these three years, during the imposed economic war, our nation was alone but it resisted due to its capacity."
Tehran (Iran), May 13 (EFE), (Camera: Marina Villén).- The importance of the three nights of Qadr (Laylat al-Qadr) in the holy month of Ramadan has led the Iranian authorities to exceptionally open the mosques for prayers despite the coronavirus restrictions.FOOTAGE OF THE CELEBRATIONS.SOUNDBITE OF AMENEH TARI, 30."It is really very difficult to see the mosques empty. I decided to come because, although I am pregnant, my heart could not stand to stay home, but the atmosphere is very sad."
Tehran, Feb 21 (EFE/EPA).- Iranians headed to the polls on Friday to elect members of the country's parliarment amid a worsening economic crisis and escalating tensions with the United States.(Camera: ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH).FOOTAGE SHOWS IRANIAN PEOPLE VOTING AT A POLLITION STATION IN TEHRAN, IRAN.
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