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IRAN’S Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday urged the Iranians to participate in the upcoming presidential election slated for June 18.
Khamenei said the elections belong to the people and asked them to go to the polls and vote for what is right, according to the leader’s official website.
“Those who discourage people from attending the polls are not sympathetic to the people,’’ Khamenei said in addressing Iranian lawmakers via video link.
He also backed up Iran’s Constitutional Council, which supervised elections in the country, against recent criticism of its disqualification of some applicants, according to the state TV.
On Tuesday, the Interior Ministry announced the qualification of seven candidates out of 592 registered ones by the vetting body.
Ebrahim Raisi, as a principlist candidate and judiciary chief of the country, was widely seen as a notable qualified hopeful.
Among the disqualified candidates were incumbent reformist Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri and moderate former Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.
The election campaign of the presidential candidates officially started from the date of announcing the names of qualified ones and would end 24 hours before the Election Day. (Xinhua/NAN)
– May 27, 2021 @ 13:51 GMT
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