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Top Iranian Officials, Clerics Cast Ballots in Iran Elections

Senior Iranian authorities and clerics have cast their ballots in Iran's presidential and local elections, which are being held simultaneously across the country.

Senior clerics like Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi and Ayatollah Noori Hamedani, the presidential candidates Mostafa Aqa-Mirsalim and Mostafa Hashemitaba, and several members of the incumbent government cast their ballots on Friday.

Here are photos of these authorities casting their votes:

Senior Cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani
Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani
Presidential candidate Mostafa Hashemitaba and his wife
Presidential candidate and incumbent president Hassan Rouhani
Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi
First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri and his wife
Presidential candidate Mostafa Aqa-Mirsalim
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his wife
Vice-Speaker of Iran’s Parliament Ali Motahari
Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi in his surgery uniform
Imam Khomeini’s grandson Ali Khomeini
Secretary of Iran’s Guardian Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati
Head of Iran’s Department of Environment Masoumeh Ebtekar
Mayor of Tehran Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf
Imam Khomeini’s grandson Hassan Khomeini
Senior reformist Mohammad Reza Aref and his wife
Defence Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan
Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi

 

 

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