Iran, seats open for the presidential elections: Khamenei votes in Tehran

Seats open in Iran for the presidential elections. More than 59 million voters are called to the polls to decide what happens after Rohani. The Supreme Guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, voted first in Tehran in a seat set up in the Imam Khomeini mosque, as reported by the Mehr agency. Voting began at 7 am local time (4.30 am in Italy). Ebrahim Raisi – head of the judiciary, ‘champion’ of the conservatives – is considered the favorite after the rejection by the Guardian Council of the nominations of big names such as former president of Parliament Ali Larijani and vice president Eshaq Jahangiri and after the withdrawal of the Mohsen Mehralizadeh is the only reformist candidate admitted. 73% of Iranians voted in the 2017 presidential elections. The latest polls estimate this time a turnout of just over 40%. Today the Iranians also vote for the administrative and to choose six new members of the Assembly of Experts, the body that indicates the Supreme Leader, and six parliamentarians.