Iran Presidential Election 2021: Voting begins in Iran, Ibrahim Raisi's claim is strong!

 Iran Presidential Election 2021: Today i.e. on June 18, 2021, voting has started for the presidency in Iran. In this election, the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally started the voting process by casting the first vote. Voting began at 7 am local time.

Judiciary chief Ibrahim Raisi's claim strong

Judiciary chief Ibrahim Raisi's claim is considered strong in these elections. For information, let us tell you that Raisi is considered very close to Iran's supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Due to frustration and anger among the people of Iran with the administration of outgoing President Hassan Rouhani, the position of hardliners in the election looks strong this time.

According to media reports, radical leader Ibrahim Raisi in Iran is part of a small group of clerics who in 1988 on the orders of then Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to kill thousands of political prisoners held captive after the Iran-Iraq war. were signed. During this time he was a prosecutor at the Islamic Revolution Court in the capital Tehran. After this the US imposed sanctions on Reisi.

Let us tell you that Iran signed a nuclear deal with the world's powerful countries in 2015 under Rouhani's leadership. During this time Iran was to limit its nuclear program in exchange for the relaxation of its sanctions, but in 2018 former US President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the deal. After which the situation regarding the agreement remained unclear. After this, Iran's already deteriorating economy was worsened by the closure of international oil sales, rising inflation and weakening of the currency.