DUBAI: Iran began voting Friday in its first parliamentary elections since the mass 2022 protests over its mandatory hijab laws after the death of Mahsa Amini, with questions looming over just how many people will turn out for the poll.
Source: Iran begins voting in first parliament election since 2022 protests as questions over turnout loom
DUBAI: Iran holds a parliamentary election on Friday seen as a test of the clerical establishmentâs popularity at a time of growing dissent over an array of political, social and economic crises.The vote will be the first formal gauge of public opinion after anti-government protests in 2022-23 spiralled into some of the worst political turmoil since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Source: Iran election seen as legitimacy test for rulers as dissent grows