Iran Presidential Election 2021: Voting Begins In Iran

Iran Presidential Election 2021: Voting begins in Iran, Ibrahim Raisi’s claim is strong. Today i.e. on June 18, 2021, voting for the Presidential post has started in Iran.

In this election, the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally started the voting process by casting the first vote. Voting began at 7 am local time.

Judiciary chief Ibrahim Raisi’s claim strong.

Judiciary chief Ibrahim Raisi’s claim is considered strong in these elections. For information, let us tell you that Raisi is considered very close to Iran’s supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Due to frustration and anger among the people of Iran with the administration of outgoing President Hassan Rouhani, the position of hardliners in the election looks strong this time.

According to media reports, radical leader Ibrahim Raisi in Iran is part of a small group of clerics who in 1988 on the orders of then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to kill thousands of political prisoners.

Iran Presidential Election 2021: During this time he was a prosecutor at the Islamic Revolution Court in the capital Tehran. After this, the US imposed sanctions on Reisi.

Let us tell you that Iran signed a nuclear deal with the world’s powerful countries in 2015 under Rouhani’s leadership.

During this time Iran was to limit its nuclear program in exchange for the relaxation of its sanctions, but in 2018 former US President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the deal.

After which the situation regarding the agreement remained unclear. After this, Iran’s already deteriorating economy was worsened by the closure of international oil sales, rising inflation, and weakening of the currency.

Israel strikes again at Hamas targets in Gaza, in response to balloon fire.

The Israeli Defense Forces have confirmed an attack on Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip in response to a ballooning attack launched from Palestinian territory.

“In response to the arson of balloons fired from Gaza into Israel, we attacked military complexes and a Hamas-related rocket launch site in Gaza,” the IDF tweeted.

The Times of Israel reported that at least eight fires broke out in southern Israel yesterday, according to the Israeli Fire and Rescue Services. Balloon incendiary devices were launched from the Strip.