(PRIMAPRESS) – IRAN – After two extensions to encourage turnout, the polls for the Iranian presidential elections closed overnight. Four candidates to succeed Raisi, who died in a plane crash. In the lead there would be the only reformist, Pezeshkian, separated from Jalili by around 500 thousand votes. According to the Tasnim agency, close to the Revolutionary Guards, 40% of those entitled to vote voted. The result is expected today. Without 50% plus one of the votes there would be a run-off on Friday 5 July.
Meanwhile, the climate is not the best because Iran’s positions regarding the conflict in the Middle East and in particular in the conflict in Lebanon are inflaming feelings. A “war of annihilation” will begin against the “Zionist regime”: the “full involvement of all fronts of the resistance” is being studied. Iran’s representation at the UN writes it on X. “Although Iran considers the Zionist regime’s propaganda about its intention to attack Lebanon to be psychological warfare, if it launches a full-scale military aggression, it will begin a war of annihilation with all options on the table,” the message reads. . – (PRIMAPRESS)
