not the same thing as witnesses, but what this basically means is that the people that are participating in the probate to now issue search and seizure warrant to get more information from these people. so it's, and this is happening just as brazil will probably reach half a 1000000 depth by covered 90 this weekend. california is under a state of emergency because of a severe heat wave across the western united states. his west name was being called a mega road. that's essentially extreme dry conditions, which last decades water reservoirs across the state are drawing up, iowa, minnesota, and the dakotas are also badly affected. ah, midnight's c gmc your top story so far, poles of clothes in a rounds presidential election,

the hotline head of the judiciary. abraham bracy is the clear front runner among a narrow field for contenders, stated economy and high unemployment was some of the issues dominating the vote. on friday, many iranians chose to stay away from the polling booth, as i said, bay reports not from tehran, people upset because they didn't see some of the people that they wanted to standing, the selection being allowed to stand the problem in performance. a moderate candidate that were disqualified by the guardian canceled the victim buddies. many people saw that i was tempted to make it easier for the french and judicial judiciary. chief ibrahim, right? if it's to make it easier for him to stand, there was any real prominent opposition against him, so it makes it easier for him to become president. in fact, the reform is candidate from the 2009 election meet the same of who has previously voted in elections even under hatteras. he came back and said he would be void, cutting the election. the u. s. is putting equipment and hundreds of troops and

personnel out of the middle east. the pentagon has confirmed reports that anti missile batteries are being removed from iraq, kuwait, jordan, and saudi arabia. it comes 2 years after the military presence in the region grew as tensions with iran escalated. the un general assembly has passed a resolution calling for arms embargo against me and mom. the non binding boat condemning the military coup in february was backed by a 190 countries. but china and many of me and most of the neighbors, abstained. the palestinian authority has rejected a deal with israel to receive more than a 1000000 cobit 19 vaccines that were close to their expiry date of vaccine swap, was announced early on friday. palestinians say they were told the doses would last into july and august. however, instead received 90000 jobs that would expire this month. those are your headlines up next inside story. more news in 30 minutes. i'll see about news.

news, news. news . millions of iranians again go to the pole this time to choose a new president. that's as iran faces, crises at home and abroad, but in a country run by a powerful supreme leader. can a new president make a difference? this isn't a story. ah, ah! hello and welcome to the program. i'm daddy and abigail iranians have voted in an election to decide the fate of 4 candidates competing to succeed president hassan

ra honie. nearly $60000000.00 voters are eligible, but there are concerns of a low turn out in a race widely expected to be won by the former judge abraham l. a. see if he wins would put hard liners in control, as the government tries to salvage the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement. the votes also seen as a referendum on the current leadership handling of iran economic crisis, brought on by crippling us sanctions and worsened by the corona. virus pandemic, verse jabari reports from jeff, run a test of support for iran political system. the 1st person to vote, the highest authority supreme leader itala allie harmony. shortly after, almost 67000 pulling stations opened across the country with nearly 60000000 people eligible to vote. but it is clear this time around the presidential elections are different compared to previous selections where the results were very much on known

. and the people you'd like me to jordan even more on the all the more under dog during those action in the corrective action, i think many people as well as many hannah was already predicted. abraham raised the point when the 60 year old, conservative candidate abraham bracy is the head of her own. should sherry, he has been under e u. sanction since 2011 and us sanctions since 2019 for legit human rights violations. here, none of these things seem to matter to these voters. the only issue for them is the economy job. i know i'm voting for a fee to improve the conditions in our country. our problems are many, but mainly that are you don't have jobs and inflation is very high. i think he can do something for us. 2 his only main rival has been this man up to no sir. mattie the only mater left in the right. the former head of iran central bank has been

using his background in finance to try and convince voters he is the right man for the job. can pay me a demo. i've come to defend the very last piece of democrats. he that remains on voting for him. i tell you the most important issue right now is our economy. i hope you can fix it. i've come to board so we can retain our democracy. by the way . the unemployment rate is an all time high, and iran and inflation at more than 40 percent in vienna, members of president has found ronnie's team are in talks with the united states and other members of the un security council to get us back into the nuclear deal known as the joint comprehensive plan of action or j. c, p, o, a. and they're hoping a positive outcome, but deliver the results that people want to turn out as a major issue for official here who hope they can rally electric. that compared to

when has on monday was elected 8 years ago. the next president may prove not so popular when he takes office in august. sources safari out 0 tech will bring in our panel shortly. but 1st, let's take a look at who controls power within iran's political system. so candidates are approved by the guardian council. that's a 12 member body of conservative clerics and jurists, that reports to the head of state i, itala, harmony. the supreme leader is appointed for life by an elected body, known as the assembly. if experts, the head of government conserves up to 24 year terms, the current president hasn't honie beat current candidates abraham ac 4 years ago. he must and is that you are considered hard line. conservative candidates. the former central bank governor matty is seen as a reformist the i r g. c is a powerful voice in parliament, but officially it stays out of the presidential race. not supporting any candidate . ah,

that's not bringing our guest. joining us from to her on her med moran v. he's the head of american studies graduate program at the university to run training us from berlin. as ali for her lunch i to affiliate at a scholar with fray university center for middle eastern or north african politics . and also from to her on as must have been a journalist and iran affairs analyst. thank you so much for joining us on inside story. i'm from miranda, we don't want to speculate as to who the winner will be up this presidential race. so 1st set the scene up for us and tell us what the mood is like into iran as this election unfolds and voting takes place. well, despite the fact that the corona virus and iran is still a problem, and do we have to keep in mind that thanks to us sanctions, it's been very difficult for the government to keep it under control. but despite that, it seems that voting across the country is pretty brisk. that turn out seems to be above 5055 percent. and it would seem that the

front runner disarray see, will easily win the election. that's what pulls seem to indicate. so at the moment that's how things stand from my understanding must have a whole system. how important is this election for iran? well it's pretty much important because for the past 8 years, iran on the personal honda has been trying hard to resolve the problems. it's been out there, a conflict resolution approach, and they talk with the united states and because of the us hostility and continued defiance of the nuclear deal. ronnie's only agenda failed, and now in the opposition camp, the revolutionaries or the principal, it's been critical of our honeys or total dependence on the georgia p. o. a

are they proved to be true. and now the country as policy is being shipped for the revolutionary camp. as my colleague and he said earlier, mr. racy is expect when this election easily actually you could feel it in the streets also of the old show that from 50 to 65 percent there. now that we expect today. and my experience today what i saw today also confirms that most of them are all already see and he's going to shift the foreign policy to some extent. also. busy he plans to reinvigorate reading in economy through our strengthening domestic capability as well as expanding ties with the regional states, especially friendly countries in the region, and also a pivot to the east policy and he's going to reinvigorate 5 with. ready china,

latin america, russia, and therefore, we are going to shift to, to witness a shift and foreign policy and economic policy of the country. and, you know, this is pretty well important. ok, all important points you raise. we're going to the domestic policy as well as well . as the foreign policies in just a moment, but 1st on that issue of turn out to leave a hand on his turn out is critical for this election. is it not my my to get from to her on seems to suggest that true or not could be at 55 percent. there are other projections that they turn out could in fact be lower than previous selection, and they're putting, turn out perhaps 44 percent. would you say that the electorate is excited about this particular election in iran? well, i mean, of course not. i mean, there is widespread voter apathy that has been seen in iran during the last years on a mentary elections, which saw the historically lois,

to go to turn out since the revolution. so the same is expected for today. and the figure is my colleague center on the side are quite opposite to what's i've been hearing from inside iran. so there are states affiliated news agencies to report a vote to turn out to 23 percent. and of course, those are official figures which have to be taken always with a grain of salt. but there is widespread disillusion meant so low towards to turn out has been very much feared by stage authorities. and you know, their encouragement for people to take to the pulse, but given the experiences that are most iranians did have with not only the ronnie administration as the former speak, you know, mentioned that there is a lot of frustration with his performance because he did not deliver on the social and political promises that he had made,

but there is also frustration with other standards of power in the song republic. most notably the supreme leader and the i r g c. and because of this widespread disillusionment, i think at this time around you know, there is not really a vote. also the guarding counsels a decision to avoid any kind of competitive rates as we've seen over the last few years, is also adding to this kind of disillusionment. but we should not forget, we have in the republic on we don't have neither free nor fairy elections mohammed the wrong. they shouldn't see when the projection seemed to suggest now he is backed by the supreme leader. does that mean we could expect any political appointees from his future administration to come from the most conservative sections of iranian society like the i r g c, for example? well, i think i have to respond to

a couple of points or previous guessed made. there are no official figures that said that the turnout is going to be 2324 percent. and i think that's perhaps wishful thinking on his part. on the other hand, i think he forgot to mention that the previous parliamentary elections, they took place literally 48 hours after the 1st case of the corona virus was publicly announced, which cause a huge dropping in turn. not including people from my own extended family. with regard to mister ace, he the leader has not said anything in his support. mister ac from months before the election in multiple polls carried out by institutions both close to the government and critical of the government. he was well ahead of his rivals, especially in the reformist or the moderate camp. and i think it's obvious why the the previous, the current administration of dr. ronnie has not been seen,

is successful. he's been delta poor hand obviously by fate. he had to deal with trump. he had to deal with the corona virus a but in any case his administration is not seen as popular whereas mr. ac. because he's seems to be pursuing leftist policies, talking about expanding the support net for the more disenfranchise that goes down well with people, especially in these hard times of economic difficulty and the corona virus. and also he's been seen as a person who's been anti corruption oriented right here. moran. the once again, let me rephrase the question perhaps should right, you see when then you would have the judiciary, the parliament and the president all coming from a conservative political fear. what does this mean for iran and the space for any other from other political camps? well 1st of all, i think that it's obvious that mister ac is

a very different politician from the speaker of parliament, the speaker of parliament. both of them are from the so called conservative camp, whereas of course i have to point out that in iran, the conservative camp is more culturally conservative. but when it comes to economics, it's more less leaning than the reformist or the, the so called moderates, which are more market oriented. and we don't know who is going to be the head of the judiciary. so it's not as if it's one monolithic entity. but the fact is that 8 years of just like in the past, when mister ruff angenie was president the election of president hall time, he was a reaction to his liberal economic policies. then i think mr. i am i the new shot his election was a reaction to mister hot tammy liberal economic policies. and now mister row honey, his. he was elected based upon a reaction towards mr. my, the initial it's policies and now racy. the reason why mister ac has become so

popular partially is because the reformist moderate camp has not performed well in government. so it's not really his fault that the united states does not lift the sanctions and that the government is not doing well. must have a whole session. there are reports also that e. c is perhaps tip to succeed. the supreme leader who of course, now is 82 years old. the president is the only 2nd most powerful amanda supreme leader is the most powerful, as we know. is there a question regarding succession here and as the supreme meter and looking at right, you see as that man and perhaps once him in the presidential position to see how he will do know, you know, based on the constitution of the. ready assembly of x versus responsible. ready for . ready picking up a leader of the country and the reading,

a supreme leader has been telling these experts assembly of experts that they need to have 5 nominees all the time to replace him anytime. anything happened to him. he's been telling them this for the past one or 2 decades. so there are always. busy options and it depends on that a the country need the new leader. well, let me correct something and we're all about my get. my colleague from jeremy said, well, 3 percent. well, according to the interior ministry, the ballot papers that the used before 3 o'clock has been over 23 percent. and considering that the polls were closed normally 70 hours from now, normally in iraq presidential elections, hold close at around midnight or 10 o'clock. so we have several more hours,

but let's remember something which is very important for the 1st 2 or 3 hours a day from 70 to 80 percent of the polling stations experienced problems, malfunctions, internet problems. and, you know, there were so many problems. so in many holding stations pulling slow down or stop for the 1st 2 or 3 hours. right? okay. okay. understood. understood? i mean, i don't, i'd rather not talk about the turn out right now because until we wait for the official figure, let your point, your point taken, your point is taken, but i have to bring in ali from, from berlin to talk about the domestic issues in ali you wrote this recently, that although the socio economic situation in the country has deteriorated dramatically during ronnie's presidency, the iranian in these continues to sideline the question of social justice. so with a new precedence is the social question. as you call it, going to be high on the agenda and iran. well,

at least rhetorically speaking. what's a professor my my dea alluded to is more or less what i also, when, you know, arguing over the past few years that we have this kind of visual cycle between on one hand reform and so moderate administrations, we tend to very much sideline the social question and are not very much focused on social justice. but more, you know, there have been focus on the urban middle class and some kind of political realization. so their performance always pays the way for, you know, right wing populism to reemerge and work to emerge with the job presidency for instance. but also with right now, right? see, 4 years ago, he was also very much, you know, trying to portray himself as a pro social justice kind of candidate. he was talking about the immense number of slum dwellers in iran, about 16000000 during the televised debates with president ronnie this time around

. he has also been saying a lot of actually what i would call and left us politics, but those are economic pocket proposals. so whether he will deliver on any of that, i would very much doubt because i mean, on paper he has the privilege to have access to the political, economic power centers of the song republic. so theoretically, you could actually do a lizzie, a, some of those. so 2nd, i'm a grievances of the iranian people by, you know, by offering a fair distribution of the, well, that is quite monopolized in their own hands. but whether this going to, you know, this going to be, the case remains to be seen. so i'm not very optimistic about the ability or the willingness of a new administration in tandem with other centers of power to really bring about a market markedly. i'm iteration of the socio economic problems that the country

faces. after all, it's, you know, a considerable portion of the population that is, you know, in poverty around the poverty line. we can also see, you know, as i sat, a dramatic increase of poverty within the middle class. ok, let's bring in my mind around the problem for the hotline as well. let's bring in my murano. it is the economy. is it not that is one of the most pressing issues for iranians right now. yes, but i think we also have to remember that iran is under maximum pressure sanctions . biden is continuing with trumps sanctions and he's targeting women and children. and i think that if in the, in germany, the country of course, that gave saddam hussein chemical weapons to use against the iran in germany, if the central bank was sanctioned by the united states, you'd see an economic crisis in that day within 24 hours. so you run under the most severe economic sanctions and with the corona bias which the us through it

sanctions has weaponized the weaponized, the wire with against the iranians, by preventing iran from importing masks. and by preventing their from importing test kids as well as vaccines and the equipment to make their own vaccines. the united states has effectively weaponized it. but despite that, the iranian in the slums that i have seen in outside of paris, you will not see intact run. so the government administration and iran despite the severe sanctions, is facing great difficulty. but it has been able to keep the country afloat. but in my opinion, the problem with this current administration, despite the fact that, as i said earlier, it has been given a poor hand by 8. but liberal economics do, do that, do not work and they're not working, not working in the us. and i don't think they're going to work in iran, mr. ac. i think his objective, it's not populous. he wants to reform the system in

a way in which it works better for the more disenfranchised. and i, i don't see how that could be necessarily called populace, but ok, you have to keep in mind that the united states in europe are also suffering greatly at the hands of the global economic crisis. only difference is that we have bbc persian view, a persian deutsch of l. a. persian tons of tv channels by the west bank of iran. and let me just jump into the 1st session on the subject of the iranian nuclear deal. i mean, these elections coincide with the latest trying to talk 2nd place in vienna. as you know, do you expect any significant change to the wrong policy when it comes to the j. c . p. o, a. yes, definitely. if the united states and this with a right of the deal with iran on their presidential honie day with respected by the next day by the next government. but if not, then they would have a tough job to have. this doesn't mean that negotiations would not continue as

a matter of fact, iraq top nuclear negotiator and deputy 4 minutes after yesterday. crazy. already see or he's reality cold. uncle pragmatic and realistic policies. warren policy strategy. but the elaborate as much on his foreign policy strategy though, has he and the 1st 2 presidential debate when he was address i, you know, i, i bring this strategy or the nuclear view and foreign policy of the revolutionary camp. it's based on, you know, of when, why for a homie, it was just negotiations with the united states and the west for writing, see, and other revolutionaries. it comes you very much more complicated or negotiation was also an instrument but not as important as it is for president

jaime. at the same time, they would go for reinvigorating the reading in economy and expanding ties with the regional space, as well as the work countries outside the western block that are willing to work with iran. and the fact authoration equals right in order to lower the impacts of the sanctions and use the factions at the same time that they may go shape with the west. also, they would try to increase the leverage of united states. not only, i mean. busy harry williams, knology or the military technology, but also you rock has a wide range of options. so ultimately there's to bring in the 1st word appreciate . thank you so much on the, for the final 30 seconds to you. what do you think will happen with the j. c. p. o, a going forward in this new government and the western powers is of the us. well, i mean, 1st of all, the presidency is not the central power in the, in the sombre public. it has never been the case as a supreme leader, and it's so called office which is the website pile of government plus the gc which

has also a lot of you know, a lot of power and influence. so this is, those are the main centers. so this is, this is part of the voter apathy by iranians, who do not believe that any kind of president be moderate or reform moderate or hartline can really bring about real change. so nothing dramatic is going to change . iran's foreign policy, regional policies on the nuclear issue are decided by the aforementioned center of power plus the supreme national security council. so there is not much change to, to be expected with a change of private presidency in iran. and the call is going to be, you know, the, the shots going to be called, you know, still by the supreme leader and the r g c, talk commanders, right? and let me say, if you just a last word on this, you know, there is a tendency which is very much exemplified, but dr. mer to always externalize problems. of course,

the u. s. crippling sanctions have had a dramatic effect. also on the running population, there is no doubt about that, but when it comes to violence and so other problems and shortcomings, i would really appreciate some also comments from them which are critical. also the domestic situation. i'm afraid i will have to leave it there. thank you so much to my guess, my, my moran, the for tom then is out and list. of course, i'm thanks for joining us. thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al jazeera dot com for further discussion. you can go to our facebook page that facebook dot com forward slash ha inside story, and also run the conversation on twitter or handle is james. i story myself and the whole team here in delphi. thanks for watching. bye bye. for now. the news

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