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Iran: Latest election results

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 17 – Iran’s Interior Ministry
announced this afternoon the preliminary results of
yesterday’s presidential elections.
So far Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is leading
polls with 21.9 percent of the votes.
He is closely followed by Mehdi Karroubi with 19.9 percent
and just trailing at third position is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
with 18.6 percent. Iran Focus

Tehran, Jun. 17 – Iran’s Interior Ministry announced this afternoon the preliminary results of yesterday’s presidential elections.

So far Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is leading polls with 21.9 percent of the votes.

He is closely followed by Mehdi Karroubi with 19.9 percent and just trailing at third position is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with 18.6 percent.

Former head of state police Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf is in forth place with 14.9 percent.

Mostafa Moin who was running from the embattled reformist camp has received 14.3 percent.

Former head of state television and radio Ali Larijani has 6.5 percent.

Last is Mohsen Mehralizadeh with only 5 percent of the vote.

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