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    Armenpress

    IRANIAN NATIONALS IN ARMENIA LINE UP FOR PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF

    TEHRAN, JUNE 17, ARMENPRESS: Several hundred of Iranian nationals living
    in Armenia are lining up in front of Iran's embassy in Yerevan to cast their
    ballots in a presidential runoff and to select between the Expediency
    Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani or Tehran Mayor Mahmoud
    Ahmadinejad, who emerged from the first round with most of votes.
    Rafsanjani gained a total of 6,159,452 votes in the first round of the
    presidential elections held on June 17 while 5,710,354 people voted in favor
    of Ahmadinejad. The deputy Iranian ambassador to Armenia, Ali Akbar Jokra,
    said the majority of Iranian nationals in Armenia, in the first round voted
    in favor of Rafsanjani, who held the post between 1989 and 1997. He also
    said the voter turnout was a little lower today than a week before,
    explaining that the majority of Iranians here are students who left for
    home. Ambassador Ali Reza Haghighyan reiterated today that regardless of who
    is elected next president Iran's relations with Armenia will not be affected
    and they will go on to develop. Candidates require 50 percent of the votes
    plus one, officially known as absolute majority to win outright.
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