
Millions vote in Iran's election
Early counts show the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and ultra conservative Saeed Jalili are close in the polls
Millions of people have been voting in Iran's presidential election. The choice is between a tightly-controlled list of four candidates close to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Two young people discuss where will a new generation of political candidates in the US come from and what are the values and issues that they will be passionate about?
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In the studio, Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Marine biologist Helen Scales and Harmonie Toros, Professor in Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading, UK.
(Photo: A view shows a symbolic ballot box for the presidential election in a street in Tehran, Iran Credit: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters)
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