Voting in the presidential elections in Iran have extended by two hours because of the unprecedented high voter turnout, reports AFP. This was at a press conference on June 12 declared the chairman of Electoral Commission Daneshzhu Kamran (Kamran Daneshjoo).
Voting was completed at 18:00 local time, but it decided to extend until 20:00 (19:30 Moscow time). In the elections to all citizens of Iran over 18 years. Experts predicted that the vote of approximately 46.2 million people. Iran's population is 70 million.
If no candidate wins in the first round (it is necessary to recruit 50 per cent plus one vote), the second round of voting held on 19 June. As the President of Iran claimed four candidates: former prime minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, former Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi, a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Corps Mohsen Rezaie and destvuyuschy the head of state Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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