Extensive coverage of Iran’s election news in prominent Arab media
Mehr News, International Group: The holding of presidential elections in Iran has always been the focus of prominent news media around the world. Arab media have also extensively covered this round of Iran’s presidential elections.
The ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Wellington officially announced the beginning of the election in Wellington district in a message at 8:00 AM local time.
Al-Mayadeen Network, which has created a special section on its website to reflect the news related to the Iranian presidential election, pointed out the beginning of the voting process throughout our country.
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The Al-Mayadeen network website broadcasted moment by moment news about the Supreme Leader of the Revolution’s presence at the ballot box and his words when casting the ballot. .
The Arabic section of the Independent also mentioned the holding of elections in Iran and wrote: In these early elections in Iran, we are witnessing the competition of a reformist candidate and several fundamentalist candidates, and guess It is difficult to predict the results of these elections in the shadow of the competition of these candidates.
About 61 million Iranian citizens have been invited to participate in the presidential elections of Iran.
The website of Al Jazeera network also published a video clip about the candidates of this election with a special coverage of Iranian election news and wrote: Four candidates from the Guardian Council to participate in the presidential election Republic have been confirmed, three of them are fundamentalists and one reformist.
Russia Elium website also wrote: The 14th round of Iran’s presidential election officially began abroad, and Iranian citizens living in New Zealand were the first to vote in this election. Far from the elections, they cast their votes.
The voting process inside Iran also started at eight o’clock in the morning local time (4:30 GMT).
The Arabic section of France 24 also wrote in this regard: Iran will start its early presidential elections this Friday due to the death of the late president of this country, Ebrahim Raisi. After the withdrawal of 2 candidates from participating in the election competition, we see the competition of the remaining four candidates, including three fundamentalist candidates and one reformist candidate. Economic issues and women’s rights, along with developments in the region, especially the Gaza war, are among the most important issues associated with this round of elections.
The Arabic section of the BBC also covered the news of the Iranian elections and wrote: Iranian citizens will go to the polls to participate in the presidential elections this Friday morning, and the president will be elected. Choose your opinion from among the four specified candidates.
This election was supposed to be held in the spring of 2025, but the death of Ebrahim Raeesi and his companions made it move forward. Domestic issues, along with geopolitical developments, including the Gaza war and the nuclear issue, have been associated with the holding of these elections.
Al-Arabiya website also wrote with a special coverage of Iranian election news: The holding of presidential elections in Iran raises many questions about whether the results of these elections will be determined in the first round. or will be drawn to the second round.
For the Iranian presidential election to end in the first round, each of the candidates must win more than 50% of the votes. It is said that about 62 million Iranian citizens are eligible to participate in this election. According to the polls conducted before the elections, it seems that the probability of the elections being extended to the second round is high.
The website of the American network Al-Hura also wrote in this regard: This morning, the doors of the polling centers were opened for Iranian citizens. Earlier, Interior Minister Ahmed Vahidi announced that this round of Ras elections will be held at eight o’clock in the morning local time of Iran. On Thursday, 2 of the presidential candidates announced their withdrawal from the election competition, and thus, four candidates remain for this round of the election.
