(5 Jul 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: NO USE BY BBC PERSIAN, VOA PERSIAN, MANOTO TV, IRAN INTERNATIONAL
++The Associated Press is adhering to Iranian law that stipulates all media are banned from providing BBC Persian, VOA Persian, Manoto TV and Iran International any coverage from Iran, and under this law if any media violate this ban the Iranian authorities can immediately shut down that organisation in Tehran.++
ASSOCIATED PRESS – NO USE BY BBC PERSIAN, VOA PERSIAN, MANOTO TV, IRAN INTERNATIONAL
Tehran, Iran – 5 July 2024
1. Mosque used as polling station
2. Voters outside polling station
3. Policeman, voters entering
4. Various of voters
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Masoud Hosseini, 59, Tehran resident:
"The first priority for me is security. Second, is economic stability and thirdly, I want our foreign relations to improve."
6. Various of women voting
7. Various of Tehran resident Ghazaal Bakhtiari taking pictures inside polling station
8. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ghazaal Bakhtiari, Tehran resident:
"I want to save the country from the isolation we are stuck in, and from lies and the violence against women. Because Iranian women don’t deserve to be beaten up and insulted on the street by extremists who want to destroy the country by cutting ties with big countries. We should have ties with America and powerful nations."
9. Bakhtiari voting and making victory sign
10. Bakhtiari making victory sign and showing her inked finger to cameras
11. Various of voter Manijeh Hosseini writing (Farsi): "Masoud Pezeshkian" on ballot paper
12. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Manijeh Hosseini, 61, Tehran resident::
"In the first round, I thought our vote didn’t matter and whomever they have chosen will be elected. But now I felt that it does matter, our votes can make a difference. This is a crucial moment, I thought my vote might have an impact."
13. Hosseini voting and saying, UPSOUND (Farsi): "May God bring the best things to our people"
14. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Manijeh Hosseini, 61, Tehran resident:
"I want security, relative freedom, because complete freedom doesn’t exist anywhere in the world. I want them to give relative freedom to people, especially to women. I want a correct economic cycle in the country so that everyone feels some degree of peace and enjoyment."
15. Woman voting
16. Voter writing (Farsi): "Saeed Jalili" on ballot
17. Various of voters
STORYLINE:
Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff presidential election between a hard-line former nuclear negotiator and a reformist lawmaker, with both men trying to convince a skeptical public to cast ballots after years of economic woes and mass protests roiling the Islamic Republic.
"The first priority for me is security. Second, is economic stability and thirdly, I want our foreign relations to improve," said Tehran resident Masoud Hosseini.
The race between hard-liner Saeed Jalili and Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and longtime member of parliament, comes after a first round of voting saw the lowest turnout ever for an Iranian election, leaving turnout Friday a major question.
Iran also continues to enrich uranium at near weapons-grade levels and maintains a stockpile large enough to build several nuclear weapons, should it choose to do so.
And while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remains the final decision-maker on matters of state, whichever man ends up winning the presidency could bend the country’s foreign policy toward either confrontation or collaboration with the West.
Meanwhile, wider tensions have gripped the Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
AP video shot by Mohsen Ganji
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/594f265182cd43f184b6b427f931979e
Author: AP Archive
Go to Source
News post in July 10, 2024, 3:04 pm.
Visit Our Sponsor’s:
News Post In – News
