Ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi announced winner of Iran’s Presidential elections
Sixty years old Ebrahim Raisi, head of the judiciary, is known to be close to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
By IAR Desk
Iran on Saturday, June 19, declared ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi as the winner of Iran’s presidential elections.
Poll officials announced that Raisi had won 62 per cent of the vote with about 90 per cent of ballots counted from Friday’s election.
The elections have been controversial with many candidates pulling out or being disqualified, and conducted under charges of alleged nepotism. Voter turnout has also been low, with some estimates pointing to around 40 per cent voter turnout, about the lowest since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
Media reports quoted Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, one of those barred from running by the Guardian Council of clerics and jurists, as saying he would not vote, declaring in a video message that “I do not want to have a part in this sin”.
