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**RESTRICTIONS: NO Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto-1 TV/Iran International** Tehran, Jun 19 (EFE).- Iran’s ultraconservative chief justice Ebrahim Raisi has won the presidential elections with nearly 18 million votes, the Interior Ministry announced on Saturday.Raisi obtained 61.96 per cent of 28,933.004 votes, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said at a press conference.FOOTAGE OF THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR ABDOLREZA RAHMANÍ FAZLÍ ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS. SOUNDBITES OF FAZLI.Translation:"Of the total of the 59,310,307 people eligible (to vote), the total of the votes cast was 28,933,004 and the average turnout was 48.8%. Mr Seyed Ebrahim Raisí, with 17,926,345 votes, has achieved the first position and has been elected president by our dear people."
*RESTRICTIONS: NO Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto-1 TV/Iran International*Tehran (Iran), Jun 18 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Abedin Taherkenareh) Iran's voting centers opened their doors in Iran on Friday to kick off an electoral day in which the country's new president will be elected for the next four years.FOOTAGE OF RAISÍ VOTING IN TEHRAN
Tehran, Jun 18 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Abedin Taherkenareh) Iran's voting centres opened their doors in Iran on Friday to kick off an electoral day in which the country's new president will be elected for the next four years.FOOTAGE OF HEMATI'S VOTING.
Kerbala (Iraq), Jun 18 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Ahmed Jalil) Members of the Iranian community in Iraq on Friday voted for Iran's elections at the consulate of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the city of Kerbala.FOOTAGE OF THE VOTING IN KERBALA.
**RESTRICTIONS: NO Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto-1 TV/Iran International** Tehran (Iran), Jun 17 (EFE) .- (Camera: Artemis Razmipour) More than 59 million Iranians are called to the polls on Friday to elect a new president, in elections marked by a majority presence of conservative candidates.FOOTAGE OF THE CAMPAIGN TEHRAN.