AhlulBayt News Agency

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Friday

26 February 2016

1:08:58 PM
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Ayatollah Ardebili: People vote in favor of Islam, country

Ayatoallah Seyyed Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili cast his votes for the fifth round of Assembly of Experts and the 10th parliament election on Friday morning at the mobile polling station No.506 in Qom.

Ayatoallah Seyyed Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili cast his votes for the fifth round of Assembly of Experts and the 10th parliament election on Friday morning at the mobile polling station No.506 in Qom.

Speaking to reporters after casting his votes, he expressed hope that the results of these elections bear fruits to the benefit of people, Islam and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

All should partake in these elections and any negligence to this end will be regarded a grave mistake, he said.

Iranians went to the polls in over 1,063 constituencies for the fifth round of the Assembly of Experts and the 10th parliamentary elections.

Polling started in Iran at 8 am local time (04:30 GMT) in over 52,000 polling stations nationwide.

Some 54,915, 024 Iranians are eligible to participate in the event.

Casting ballots will continue till 18:00 local time and will be extended if deemed necessary.


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