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Iran Heads to Rare Runoff in Sham Presidential Race with Record Low Turnout

Iran’s “moderate” reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, once dismissed as a dark horse with little chance of winning the emergency election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, managed to become the frontrunner by about a million votes when the results were announced on Saturday. Pezeshkian could not get past the 50 percent threshold to win outright, so he will face hardliner Saeed Jalili in a runoff election on July 5.

TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 28: Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian cast his vote for

Exclusive — GOP Alabama Senate Candidate Katie Britt: ‘Career Politicians in D.C. Just Don’t Get It’

Trump-endorsed Alabama Senate Republican candidate Katie Britt (R) said career politicians “just don’t get it anymore,” laying out her priorities — including her endorsement of Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) RAISE Act, which would reduce legal immigration — telling Breitbart News Saturday that she would pursue policies that prioritize the American worker.

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Iran May Delay Runoff Elections Due to Chinese Coronavirus

Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday that runoff elections for parliament, currently scheduled for April 17, could be delayed until August or September due to the coronavirus. Iran’s insistence on holding its parliamentary election in February has been cited as one of the reasons the epidemic spread so quickly

An Iranian voter wears a mask and shows his ID during parliamentary elections at the Shah