Hassan Rouhani

Iran has seen the lowest turnout in a parliamentary election since the revolution of 1979, with 42. 6% of the voters cast their ballots.

the officials had banned, More Than 16,000 candidates, many of them gates Reforma.

the hard-liners are set for a big win in The First vote since the US sanctions again.

the Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described on Friday the turnout so stunning, he said, Iran's enemies had tried people from voting by exaggerating the Corona-Virus outbreak.

"This negative propaganda about The Virus started a couple of months, and grew up before the election," he said, according to his official website Khamenei. ir.

"your media does not miss the smallest opportunity for many of the Iranian voters and the recourse to the excuse of the disease and The Virus . "

in the Meantime, the outbreak has worsened, with 43 confirmed cases and eight deaths.

schools, universities and cultural centers in 14 provinces were closed. Iraq, Pakistan, and Turkey have closed, to be exposed to their borders Iran and Afghanistan, air and road traffic in and out of Iran.

Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said, the low turnout was "totally unacceptable," after Iran experienced a Corona-Virus outbreak, the bad weather and the recent protests as well.

He said the turnout in Tehran was only 25. 4%, with the conservatives loyal to Ayatollah Khamenei to win all the 30 seats in the capital.

to be expected, the Former revolutionary guards commander Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf at the top of The List , and is that the next parliamentary speaker.

Although the vote counting is still in some cities, that is a success are expected to be repeated across the country. The conservatives have enough seats to have the majority of the population in the 290-seat chamber.

The result is politically President Hassan Rouhani is weakened, a relatively moderate.

More Than 16,000 contenders - including 90 of the most-reform members of the current Majlis modernist - was disqualified from standing by The Guardian Council, a review Committee loyal to Mr Khamenei.

critics of the Iran's rulers to show to the citizens to boycott the polls as a way of their opposition to what they say, the widespread suppression of Human Rights and intolerance of dissent.

The survey is The First since the U.S. renewed sanctions on the Iranian nuclear program, shocks of its economy.

The Islamic Republic has been at loggerheads with the United States and much of The West , there's a revolution in 1979 brought a radical Shiite Muslim leadership to Power .

Mr Khamenei said the vote in the parliamentary elections was a "religious duty", show steadfastness in The Face of the US to isolate efforts and to modify pressurise the country.

tensions between Iran and the United States has soared since 2018, as President, Donald Trump abandoned, a multi-country agreement that lifted sanctions against curbs on the nuclear program of Iran.

Foreign powers suspect Iran of developing nuclear weapons, although Iran insists its nuclear activities are purely for peaceful purposes.

departments on elections increasingly crystallized on Social Media , with Iranians in the pro - and anti-government positions Express.

the most Recent crackdowns against anti-government protesters in the depth of the opposition to the ruling classes.

Source of news: bbc.com