Iranians vote to elect new parliament amid tough U.S. sanctions 

Iranians vote to pick candidates for the 11th parliamentary elections on Friday, February 21, 2020.  The people headed to polling stations amid tough U.S. sanctions aimed to make it difficult for ordinary people to make ends meet and to strangulate the Iranian economy.

Top Iranian officials cast votes in early hours of election day

Tens of senior Iranian officials cast their ballots in early hours on Friday, an election day in the county to pick their candidates both for the 11th parliamentary elections and the mid-term election for the Assembly of Experts on February 21, 2020. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dropped his vote into a polling box at the country’s election headquarter in Tehran. Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani voted in the city of Qom. Judiciary Chief Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri, Secretary of Guardian Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, and Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani were among other top officials voted during early hours of the day.

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Leader of Islamic Republic castes votes in parliamentary, Assembly of Experts polls

TEHRAN – Leader of Islamic Republic casts his votes for both the parliamentary and the mid-term Assembly of Experts elections at polling station in the Hussainiyeh of Imam Khomeini in Tehran on February 21, 2020.