20:14
14.6.2013
Fars News director: MT @abasinfo: Unconfirmed & estimated results: turnout 37 million, about 73%: 13m Rouhani, 12m Qalibaf & 5m Jalili
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) June 14, 2013
20:01
14.6.2013
Naeimeh Eshraghi, the granddaughter of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini , writes on Facebook:
"I snooped on the ballots of some of the voters. From the 10 ballots that I managed to see , 9 were for Hassan Rohani and one for Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. Thank you, God. These are from the voting center where I voted and at the time when I was there. My goal is not to jump to any conclusions."
19:44
14.6.2013
#Iran Today: Fars News Director "runoff likely, state tv prepared for more debates" http://t.co/Fa6tGHxovT … #p2 #tcot #IranElection
— Scott Lucas (@ScottLucas_EA) June 14, 2013
19:43
14.6.2013
#Iranelection Results may be a surprise & put Rouhani in the first place & Qalibaf in 2nd. Runoff seems much more probable
— Abas Aslani (@abasinfo) June 14, 2013
19:42
14.6.2013
Tehran based reformist journalist on Facebook: "[Authorities] haven't announced the results yet?! Are they really counting the votes?!!!..."
19:17
14.6.2013
Ahmed Shaheed, UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, speaking to "AFP" --
"The mass disqualification of candidates, especially for reasons that were not transparent and that appear to be quite unreasonable, for one violates the right to political participation."
"A number of high profile politicians were not able to run in the election. Then there is the fact that parties have been banned, former leaders are in detention, all of that adds to a lack of space for people to conduct a free and fair election."
"Elections are free and fair not only because the vote has not been rigged but because the general environment for the campaign is also friendly towards people's expression of liberty."
"A number of high profile politicians were not able to run in the election. Then there is the fact that parties have been banned, former leaders are in detention, all of that adds to a lack of space for people to conduct a free and fair election."
"Elections are free and fair not only because the vote has not been rigged but because the general environment for the campaign is also friendly towards people's expression of liberty."
Read the whole story here.
19:14
14.6.2013
#Iran'ian famous rapper @HichkasOfficial cast his ballot in prez election. pic.twitter.com/IjH9IcQ7gO MT @Vahid
— Hadi Nili (@HadiNili) June 14, 2013
19:07
14.6.2013
A Twitter account associated with presidential candidate Saeed Jalili is tweeting what is claims are the results of the votesin some villages. According to those results, Jalili is leading, ahead of Tehran's mayor Qalibaf and relative moderate Rohani. The source of the vote results is not clear. It is also not clear where Kayhan's data came from. We are waiting for the official results.
18:55
14.6.2013
The ultra-hardline "Kayhan" daily said to be the mouthpiece of Iran's leader Ayatollah Khamenei, writes that official results have not been issued yet but "everything" suggests that the turnout was "at least" 75 percent. "Kayhan" writes the Iranian election was held in a "unique" degree of "health". Khamenei had said ahead of today's vote that the most important matter in the election is to create a "political epic".
18:46
14.6.2013
The #Iran Min. of Interior website - the site that should have vote results - is down. @GEsfandiari #iranelection pic.twitter.com/5baQuY6Zhz
— Zach Peterson (@zachprague) June 14, 2013