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Iran’s Najjar: Interior Ministry Ready to Investigate Any Violation in Election

Interior Ministry Ready to Investigate Any Violation in Election

Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar announced that his ministry is ready to investigate claims by candidates about any possible violation in the presidential election underway in the country.

“The election headquarters of the interior ministry is ready to receive and investigate any violations reported by the representatives of the presidential candidates,” Najjar said in a meeting with the representatives of the 6 candidates running in Friday’s presidential election in Iran.

Based on Iran’s election law, candidates can send representatives to the election headquarters to supervise the election process and ballot counting after voting ends.

Meantime, Iranian Prosecutor General Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie also said no violation has been reported to his office so far.

“The Elections Supervisory Board was convened in the presence of the Interior Minister this morning, in which the process of elections so far was evaluated as good, and no violation at all has been reported to the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office thus far,” said Ejeie at a press conference Friday afternoon.

In relevant remarks, Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi announced earlier today that the security conditions in all polling centers and constituencies are normal and no problem has been reported since nationwide voting started this morning.

Speaking to reporters about the security conditions at the polling stations across the country and asked if any security problem has been reported to him, Moslehi said, “No such issue has been reported to us so far.”

He said enemies’ plots to lower the public turnout in the elections have remained futile, and added, “I hope people’s presence at the polling stations would be landslide.”

Polling started across the country at 08:00 hours Tehran’s time (0330 GMT) Friday for both the Presidential and the City & Village Councils elections concurrently.

The elections also started at some 60,000 polling stations nationwide this morning and are simultaneously being held in 96 world countries.

Voting will last 10 hours and ends at 6 pm, but it could be extended if necessary. Ballot counting will start at 24:00 Friday and final results will be announced in the following 24 hours.

According to presidential election laws, all Iranian nationals above 18 years of age are eligible to vote. Over 50 million Iranians are eligible to vote in the presidential election.

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