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A woman shows a victory sign after a campaign rally in early June.
A woman shows a victory sign after a campaign rally in early June.

Iran Election Blog

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On June 14, Iranians head to the polls in the country's first presidential election since the contested vote in 2009, the aftermath of which saw hundreds of thousands of protesters take to the streets to demonstrate against the results. Here, RFE/RL editors will compile some of the best tidbits from the last few days of the campaign, including comments sent by Iranians to RFE/RL's Radio Farda.

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A central theme throughout the campaign and debates has been the economy:
12:36 13.6.2013
Excellent report from Tehran by Steve Innskeep -- listen here.

Below, Said Jalili is hugged by a supporter at a rally. A few posts below this one, we embedded some tweets from Jalili (in English) from earlier this morning complaining that state TV "boycotted" his rally in favor of a competing rally by election rival Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf.

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This cartoon...

...is in reference to this:
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Here is a link to photos from the rally Jalili says state TV boycotted:
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Said Jalili is not thrilled with state TV:
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Two different polls, but largely the same numbers -- the election will go to a second round and it will be Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf against Hassan Rohani. From RFE/RL's Mardo Soghom:

In its latest survey on the candidates, conducted in the last two days, Mehr public opinion survey center in Tehran says Qalibaf, the current mayor of Tehran and a former security official, is the front-runner with 17.8 percent support. The research is a sampling of the views of 800 people in 31 provincial centers. Mehr is related to the semiofficial news agency of the same name and is regarded as close to conservatives.

Another organization, U.S.-based IPOS (Information and Public Opinion Solution), which is polling people in Iran by telephone, reports that Rohani's rating has climbed from 14.6 percent in the last two days to 26.6 percent and puts Qalibaf at 24.8 percent in the same survey. IPOS is a private group headed by well-known Iranian sociologist and pollster Hossein Ghazian, who based in the United States.

Read more here.
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Supporters at a rally in Shiraz for Hassan Rouhani shouting the name of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi

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