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Iranians vote in presidential poll

2013-06-14 67 Dailymotion

PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei votes in an election that will decide a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.<br/> <br />No-one is expecting any seismic shifts in Iran's rocky relations with the West.<br/> <br />Of five hardline contenders professing unwavering obedience to Khamenei, three are reckoned to be in with a chance.<br/> <br />Those three include Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili who wants to maintain the nation's robust, ideologically-driven foreign policy.<br/> <br />The other two are critical of Jalili's inflexible negotiating stance but have pledged never to renounce the pursuit of Iran's nuclear programme.<br/> <br />The sole moderate candidate is cleric Hassan Rohani who, though suspicious of the West, is more likely to pursue a conciliatory foreign policy.<br/> <br />The last presidential elections in 2009 unleashed months of unrest when Ahmadinjad was returned to office in a disputed victory.<br/> <br />Khamenei has s

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