These elections receive such assessment from Iranian leaders on account of the current campaign from abroad aimed to undermine the government and national successes in science, education, health and in the international arena.
The polling stations opened their doors at 08:00 local time, to choose the 290 seats of the Constitutive Assembly among over 7,000 candidates from the 31 provinces of the country.
In the case of experts, 44 out of the 88 posts of that legislative body are at stake, whose main role is to elect or revoke the mandate of the nation’s supreme religious leader, among other functions.
According to the Constitution, the elections will last 10 hours, until 6:00 pm, local time, although it could be extended until midnight for exceptional cases.
Iran’s leader of the Islamic Revolution Ali Jamenei called for a massive participation in support of enemy intentions to undermine the country’s principles.
This country has been living in recent times a variety of catastrophes, between earthquakes and floods, and the loss of a titan as General Qassem Soleimani.
Protests were also recorded against government decisions related to an unpopular increase in fuel prices and in demand for greater State’s attention to social problems.
In the previous 10 rounds, there was broad support for the election exercise and according to forecasts of the Council of Guardians; current elections will be backed as well.
To guarantee citizen security, some 280,000 police officers are being deployed throughout the country.
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