BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 1. Iranian Foreign
Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has taken part in the ongoing
election for the 12th Parliament and the 6th Council of Experts
today, Trend reports.
The Iranian foreign minister cast his vote at a polling station
set up at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran.
Iran’s parliamentary and Council of Experts elections started at
08:00 local time. The election is being held in 1,218
constituencies and at about 59,000 polling stations in 31
provinces.
Nearly 61.2 million (61,172,298) people are eligible to vote in
the election.
A total of 15,200 people will compete for 290 seats in the
Iranian Parliament. The current speaker of the Parliament is
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
The Council of Experts is a council that oversees the
appointment, removal, and activities of Iran’s Supreme Leader. A
total of 144 candidates will compete for 88 seats on the Council of
Experts. The current chairman of the Council is Ahmad Jannati.
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