The reaction of the United Nations to holding parliamentary elections in Iran

At the press conference of the UN spokesperson on Tuesday local time, a reporter, referring to the level of participation of the Iranian people in the elections of the Islamic Council and the Council of Experts, asked him if the Secretary General Does the United Nations believe that the elections in Iran were free and fair?

Stephen Dujarric, the spokesperson of the United Nations, said in response: We did not participate in holding elections in Iran, and it is not our responsibility to comment on Iran’s elections.

Elections of the 12th session of the Islamic Council and the 6th session of the Assembly of Leadership Experts were held on Friday, March 11, 1402 across the country. The candidates of this election competed for 290 seats in the legislature and 88 seats in the Assembly of Leadership Experts.

On Monday, the Minister of Interior of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmad Vahidi, in a press conference about the elections of the 12th term of the Islamic Council elections and the sixth term of leadership experts, said that the participation rate in the elections of the Islamic Council and leadership experts was 41 percent and said: the witness of the population of 25 million We were the ones standing at the ballot box; Also, the number of white votes across the country was 5%.