“Of course I'm not going to vote. He is already elected by the Grand Chief, everyone knows it, all my family, all my friends who voted in the last presidential election will stay at home. "
Reached by phone in Tehran, Kamal sums up the apathy of his compatriots, who should abstain massively this Friday during the election of their President of the Republic, to succeed the moderate Hassan Rohani, who after two terms can no longer stand. represent.
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“The great chief”
designates the supreme
leader
of the Islamic Republic, holder of the principal powers, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which made of Ebrahim Raissi, an ultraconservative like him, the candidate of the system.
Head of the Judicial Authority since 2019, he is the favorite, having obtained 38% of the votes in the 2017 presidential election. And to avoid any serious competition, the Council of Guardians of the Constitution has dismissed moderate or reformist candidates who could overshadow him: Ali Larijani, former president
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