High voter turnout expected in Iran towns, villages
While turnout has normally been low in the capital, in surrounding towns and villages it is often a different story.
Iran‘s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for a high turnout in Friday’s parliamentary election as a way to display unity within the country.
There are nearly 58 million eligible voters. And while the turnout has traditionally been low in the capital, in surrounding towns and villages it is often a different story.
Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari travelled to a town outside of Tehran to find out why.
Published On 18 Feb 2020