Iranian polling stations have closed, ending the receipt of votes in the snap presidential election held following the plane crash that claimed the life of Ibrahim Raisi, SNN reported on June 28.
Following the tragic death of current President Raisi in a plane crash on May 19, Iran held early presidential elections in accordance with constitutional provisions.
Once the polling stations closed, the counting of votes began. According to the Iranian constitution, elections must be held within 50 days of the announcement of the president’s death or incapacity, which was done.
Mohammad Mokhber served as acting head of state.
The presidential race was initially contested by six candidates, including well-known political and public figures: former head of the Interior Ministry during the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2013), cleric Mostafa Pourmohammadi, representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in the Supreme National Security Council Said Jalili, current President Member of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mayor of Tehran Alireza Zakani, former Minister of Health and Medical Education of Iran during the second presidential term of Mohammad Khatami (2001-2005) and Member of Parliament Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as director of the Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Foundation Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi.
However, on the eve of the elections, two candidates, Ghazizadeh-Hashemi and Zakani, withdrew their candidacies in favour of Ghalibaf and Jalili.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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