14 Apr 2025
Monday 29 February 2016 - 10:05
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Iran�s twin elections results announced




The winners of Iran�s 5th Assembly of Experts and 10th parliamentary elections have been announced.

Iranian officials have suggested that the results would remain as formerly announced as only �one ballot box is left� yet uncounted.

In the early hours of Monday,�Tehran Governor�Hossein Hashemi told reporters in Tehran�that the official results would be announced later on Monday.
�I think the latest list will be approved in the end,� he added.
According to the results, the chairman of the Expediency Council and former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and Mohammad Aqa Emami were at the top of Tehran�s list for the Assembly of Experts. They were followed by President Hassan Rouhani, a current member of�the assembly, Mohsen Qomi, and Tehran's interim Friday Prayers leader Mohammad Ali Movahhedi, as well as former attorney-general Qorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi.

Former vice president Mohammad Reza Aref is leading Tehran�s parliamentary list�followed by Ali Motahhari, Alireza Mahjoub, Soheila Jelodarzadeh, and Elias Hazrati.

Most of the votes throughout the country are shared among Principlists while Reformists achieved�a landslide victory in the capital.

At least 33 million out of the 55 million eligible voters took part in Iran�s twin elections�on Friday.

As many as 4,844 candidates, including about 500 women, were competing for a place in the 290-seat parliament. A total of 159 candidates�ran�for the 88-member Assembly of Experts. Members of the Assembly serve eight-year terms while MPs are elected every four years.







�By Press TV


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