18:41
14.6.2013
Voting has ended in #Iran's presidential election, after an extension of four hours in most areas and five hours in the capital Tehran
— Yeganeh June Torbati (@yjtorbati) June 14, 2013
18:42
14.6.2013
Anecdotally, I think turnout far higher than expected but doubt it was as high as 2009.
— Najmeh Bozorgmehr (@Najmeh_Tehran) June 14, 2013
18:46
14.6.2013
The #Iran Min. of Interior website - the site that should have vote results - is down. @GEsfandiari #iranelection pic.twitter.com/5baQuY6Zhz
— Zach Peterson (@zachprague) June 14, 2013
18:55
14.6.2013
The ultra-hardline "Kayhan" daily said to be the mouthpiece of Iran's leader Ayatollah Khamenei, writes that official results have not been issued yet but "everything" suggests that the turnout was "at least" 75 percent. "Kayhan" writes the Iranian election was held in a "unique" degree of "health". Khamenei had said ahead of today's vote that the most important matter in the election is to create a "political epic".
19:07
14.6.2013
A Twitter account associated with presidential candidate Saeed Jalili is tweeting what is claims are the results of the votesin some villages. According to those results, Jalili is leading, ahead of Tehran's mayor Qalibaf and relative moderate Rohani. The source of the vote results is not clear. It is also not clear where Kayhan's data came from. We are waiting for the official results.
19:14
14.6.2013
#Iran'ian famous rapper @HichkasOfficial cast his ballot in prez election. pic.twitter.com/IjH9IcQ7gO MT @Vahid
— Hadi Nili (@HadiNili) June 14, 2013
19:17
14.6.2013
Ahmed Shaheed, UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, speaking to "AFP" --
"The mass disqualification of candidates, especially for reasons that were not transparent and that appear to be quite unreasonable, for one violates the right to political participation."
"A number of high profile politicians were not able to run in the election. Then there is the fact that parties have been banned, former leaders are in detention, all of that adds to a lack of space for people to conduct a free and fair election."
"Elections are free and fair not only because the vote has not been rigged but because the general environment for the campaign is also friendly towards people's expression of liberty."
"A number of high profile politicians were not able to run in the election. Then there is the fact that parties have been banned, former leaders are in detention, all of that adds to a lack of space for people to conduct a free and fair election."
"Elections are free and fair not only because the vote has not been rigged but because the general environment for the campaign is also friendly towards people's expression of liberty."
Read the whole story here.
19:42
14.6.2013
Tehran based reformist journalist on Facebook: "[Authorities] haven't announced the results yet?! Are they really counting the votes?!!!..."
19:43
14.6.2013
#Iranelection Results may be a surprise & put Rouhani in the first place & Qalibaf in 2nd. Runoff seems much more probable
— Abas Aslani (@abasinfo) June 14, 2013
19:44
14.6.2013
#Iran Today: Fars News Director "runoff likely, state tv prepared for more debates" http://t.co/Fa6tGHxovT … #p2 #tcot #IranElection
— Scott Lucas (@ScottLucas_EA) June 14, 2013