Preliminary results of Iran's Presidential election 2021 announced by Iran's Interior Ministry show Syyed Ebrahim Raeisi has won the race by a landslide.
Preliminary results show:
Ebrahim Raeisi winner of Iran's presidential race 2021
19 Jun 2021 - 11:36
Preliminary results of Iran's Presidential election 2021 announced by Iran's Interior Ministry show Syyed Ebrahim Raeisi has won the race by a landslide.
Iranian Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Orf said 28.6 million Iranians participated in the election, and with around 90% of the votes counted, Raeisi garnered over 17.8 million votes, followed by Mohsen Rezaei who secured 3.3 million.
Nasser Hemmati garnered 2.4 million votes, and Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi won almost one million votes.
Orf said he was not offering precise figures because vote counting was still ongoing and said he was merely providing preliminary updates.
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