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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

HISTORICAL FACTS: Conservatives dominate iran s parliament assembly elections - The Untold Story

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi casts his vote during elections in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2024 [West Asia News Agency/Handout via Reuters]

Tehran, Iran – A range of conservative candidates have swept the parliamentary and religious assembly elections in Iran as the country faces political and economic challenges.

Final vote counting is under way after millions went to the polls on Friday to select 290 lawmakers and 88 members of the Assembly of Experts, a body tasked with choosing the supreme leader made up entirely of Islamic scholars.

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