Iran presidential elections

Iran presidential elections

Voters are preparing to go to the polls this week,

Iran goes to the polls on 19 May in the country’s first presidential elections since the landmark nuclear agreement in 2015, when Tehran agreed to roll back its nuclear programme in exchange for the removal of sanctions.

the elections are also seen as a referendum on how he has performed economically under the terms of the nuclear agreement. Rouhani has stabilised the Iranian economy and brought down inflation but unemployment is high and his opponents have questioned whether his administration has done enough to bring tangible economic benefits.

Ebrahim Raisi has portrayed himself as the candidate of the poor and is running a campaign focused on economic priorities, called “work and dignity”.

Iran presidential elections: انتخابات رياست جمهوري ايران

Landmark: واقعه مهم

Polls: صندوق هاي راي

Nuclear agreement: توافق هسته اي

Removal: رفع

Opponents: مخالفين

Work and dignity: كار و كرامت

Rouhani : روحاني

Raisi : رئيسي