You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Iranians Vote on New President a Month After Death of Ebrahim Raisi

HeadlineJun 28, 2024

Polls have opened in Iran, where voters will select a new president, one month after Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash. There are four candidates on the ballot, all of them men qualified to run by Iran’s Guardian Council. Some polls suggest voter turnout could be at a record low — below 50% — with voters still reeling from a violent crackdown on widespread anti-government protests in 2022.

Topics:
The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top