Ebrahim Raeisi is leading the presidential poll in Iran, preliminary results announced by Iranian Interior Ministry on Saturday show. Raeisi gains 62 percent of the votes (17,800,000), Mehr news agency reported, citing initial results. Mohsen Rezaei with 3,300,000 votes, Abdolnaser Hemmati with 2,400,000 votes, and Ghazizadeh with 1,000,000 votes rank ...
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday that the people’s large turnout for the elections and their support for the ruling system of the country will help the Iranian negotiators to participate in international talks with much more strength. Araqchi is heading the Iranian negotiating team in talks ...