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Elections take place across Iran
But for Iranians the question isn’t who to vote for, but whether to turn up.
But for Iranians the question isn’t who to vote for, but whether to turn up.
Also on the programme: In spite of a heavy police presence, thousands pay their respects as the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is laid to rest in Moscow. And will a Palestinian pop singer take Iceland to the Eurovision song contest? We hear from an Icelandic judge.
(Picture: Iranians vote during the parliamentary election at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2024. Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters)
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