Several news channels from different parts of the world covered Iran’s election day this Friday.
Iran’s election day started this Friday morning and Iranians across the country began voting for their candidates to elect the new president.
From the early hours of Friday, several news agencies across the world covered the election day in Iran. Reuters, for example, announced the “beginning of the voting process to elect a new president in Iran,” and quoted the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as saying that “the continuity, stability, honor and reputation of the Islamic Republic depends on the presence of the people in this election today.”
The Associated Press news agency also covered the news of Iran’s 14th presidential election and reported that Iranians are now choosing a president at a critical time when “widespread tensions have engulfed the Middle East over the war in the Gaza Strip.”
Turkey’s Anatolia news agency also covered Iran’s election day and wrote that “today is the beginning of the voting process in the early presidential elections of Iran, and Iranians will choose their next president in a few hours.”
Referring to the huge presence of people at the polling stations in Tehran and other cities of Iran, the Turkish news agency reported that “four candidates, including Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Saeed Jalili, Masoud Pezeshkian and Mostafa Pourmohammadi, are competing for the presidency after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident on May 19.”
France 24 also wrote in a report about the start of voting for the 14th presidential election in Iran, noting that polling stations have opened in Iran from the early hours of this Friday. The news agency also quoted the words of Khamenei as saying that taking part in the election is a national duty for all Iranians.
CNBC News Agency wrote that “Iran is voting for its next president Friday in a snap election following the unexpected death of former President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, and the outcome could have implications far beyond its borders.”
Al-Mayadeen, the Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel, also published news related to the Iranian presidential election, pointing out the beginning of the voting process throughout the country.
