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Iranians headed to the polls on Friday to vote in presidential elections, with a low turnout and victory for the conservative candidate expected.
Ebrahim Raisi, a senior cleric and the current chief justice of Iran, is predicted to win the presidency after the country’s Guardian Council barred most reformist candidates from running in the election.
Anger and apathy have greeted the limited offering and polls signal the turnout may drop below the 43 percent of last year’s parliamentary election before the scheduled close of polls at midnight (1930 GMT).
In addition, numerous opposition groups have called for a boycott.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei cast the first vote in Tehran before urging Iran’s nearly 60 million eligible voters to do likewise.
