country much easier to do wanted to politically yes, i mean that will definitely have an effect because we know for example, during the year and a half past year and a half, the ron government has been in a very deep struggle with the hard line parliament and reg won't have that problem . also having unified actions within 2 different branches of government might even actually help the nuclear deal because we know that brian is very close to the wrong supreme leader. so even in that regard, we might see some positive outcomes. all right, good to talk to you as always, many facts dates of being with us fair. how does the son of a professor of political science, a tech around university? the if you just don't a solid, this is our 0. adrian finnegan here in bo ha, with continuing coverage all the initial results from iran, the presidential election, hardliner ibrahim or isi, has won by

a wide margin of around 62 percent, according to preliminary results. the 3 other candidates in the election of already congratulated the judiciary chief on his when final results are still pending. activists called for a boy caught up several contents, were excluded, leaving only 4 in the race. only 28000000 irradiance if i only that's a big number. but when you consider 59000000 people were eligible to vote, that's what around half of the electorate voted. in this election, most he abraham racy, appeared to have been out of school around 62 percent of the vote at the moment here that i'm most that have been released by the interior ministry. so far, abraham racy, widely to, to win a secured nearly 18000000 votes, followed by lawson as a another hotline candidate with just over 3000000 votes. next is the only moderate

candidate who ended up standing on the nasa. marty, who's scored more than 2000000 votes, while i'm saying guys, is our debt hashmi. want around a 1000000 votes? let's go live that a while just here. as i said, bake, who's in to run? what do we make of this? i said, well, the turn out is expected to some pulse we were expecting between 40 to 50 percent. we're still to get to hear the final results, but it still looks like a low turnover. but what is important is the brian, right? you see, last time you stood in an election against president hatha, han you back in 2017. he achieve just less than $16000000.00 votes. now he seems to have increased the vote. now we're talking about 17000000 now. and that means that there's more people that came out and voted for him. so the conservatives have base, and even in this low turnout, he was expected to win,

but he increased his vote. and that's because many people upset and dissatisfied with president test. and ronnie and he's government upset at the handling of the economy. many believe it's due to mismanagement, although the president hasn't honey, the government have blamed sanctions, but some people just don't buy that. they believe that the government could have done more. so people have been dissatisfied with that, and they came back and voted for abraham. right. you see? yes, he's a conservative and it was backed by the conservatives. and many people are talking about this unified front of conservatives, of different branches of government. but they also important to say the are those in government and even the candidates that we're standing, the up to the right of it brain, right. you see 210 lawmakers wrote to the remainder, remaining conservative candidates, asking them to drop in favor. bringing right, you see and they did that and also many conservatives don't agreed with the 2015 nuclear deal. never supported it in the 1st place and some of those support abraham

. right. you see, so it'll be interesting to see how he deals with the differences within the conservative camp. and even if i take you back to the parliament and the legislation they passed in terms of inspectors, they went to the hot, toughest dance against the i. e. a want you to stop these extra actions that were taking place. they wanted to turn off these cameras and present hassan rodney founded deal between iran and b. e a. and he was criticized by that parliament. and that would be interesting to see what will happen now when they bring him right. if he comes into power, when he takes the presidency, how we hit deals, the more hard line elements of this country. so we're occupations, of course of this election was engineered for racy, to win. what about the 50 percent of eligible voters who didn't vote in the selection when that voice has been heard to us and it indeed, there were convictions of this election being engineered. in fact,

the 2009 reformers candidate, new hussein, mississippi. he came back and said he would boycott the election because it was engineered. now he was under, has arrested previously voted in election, but he came out and said it was engineer then that was an accusation made by many that's because the vetting bud, buddy, the guardian cancels disqualified a number of high profile candidates for missed and moderates. and therefore some people saw that the path to the presidency for him, right? if he was made easy, but there's also those in this country that say, regardless of who stood against the primary because so many people are upset with the current government. right, right. you see would have one, nevertheless, but it's still significant that 50 percent of the country hasn't taken part in this election. and a foster political establishment is because then they'll still say, this is the globe. awful. people had the choice. people came out those via the off came out and voted brian race the one the majority and worth of the political

opponents will say, well, this shows that many people in this country hall in fact, dissatisfied not only with the process but with the establishment and their voices have been heard, but the question is, have they actually been hurt? will it be anything done to try and convince those people, those people that have stayed away from the pulled because there were lots of attempts made to try and get people to vote. the religious arguments, we use the political argument, so use the nationalistic arguments. so use the supreme need a came out and said it's the people's duty to come to vote. really just the politically, the current president president hasn't came out and people not to boy cut the election. he asked them to come out and vote. and that was the way to compensate for some of the justices that had been done in terms of the disqualification. and again, the question is, what will be done to address those concerns? those people's concerns that have stayed away from the post. can they be over and one of the ways to win those people over is with switching out the economy. yes.

sanctions have played a role, but many people feel that economy economy has been mismanaged. now the up to president selective rain when he takes office in august to see what he can do to fix the state of the economy. how does aris asset beg and tear from? let's go live now to tell ron once again to hear the interior minister making more light my. the had assessment the security assessment free election for the pre election. we took measures necessary measures for both and also to prevent any terrorist attack we have plans. we shop out in the ad that they're not, not talking about the election results. so we'll,

we'll move on for the next speak to. i'll just restore such a very, also in terror on outgoing president. bahati has congratulated his success without actually naming the president elect as, as he described it. it looks like that that success will be abraham racy. who was the front runner throughout this, this campaign door? so what more do we know about him and his politics? while abraham right you see is from day one of the most religious cities in the country from mash, how that's the ne thereon. it's also the birthplace of the supreme leader. so they share that in common. abraham bracy is a clara, and he wears that black turban, that is a fine year of a se, yet, which means he claims lineage to the prophet mohammed. now he has a long history of working in the system of the stablished when he was

a judge. and he moved his, he was a lawyer initially and then became a judge and eventually was appointed in 2016 to take charge of the astonished courts foundation. that is a foundation in mashhad that is in charge of running a member of the shrine, which is a very large institution itself. it also has construction firms and it's involved in all aspects of the country's economy. he was appointed by the supreme leader to lead that foundation. then in 2019, after he was defeated in 2017, he was appointed in the presidential elections. then he was appointed to the head of their own steward to sherry again by the supreme leader. these are very important positions that are appointed in iran by the supreme leader. that is just part of the country's laws and rules. so he had a long relationship with the supreme leader. they are very close, they come from the same city and they have known each other for decades. this when

and that will likely highlights his stance. that is very much that of the country in the system. the position he has taken in the past few weeks since you came to the forefront has been very general. he said that his main platform was he will fight corruption. that was one of his main tasks lead to covered is just the, the share in 2019 was to fight the corruption within that department. also during his campaign period leading up to this election, that was his pretty much mantra that he will fight corruption within government. in terms of foreign policy, we haven't heard much from him. these remain very quiet, diplomatic. some would say until he is, has secured this, when was she certainly has today in terms of what we heard from president sondra on the so far this morning. at his weekly task force meeting of the corona task force in the country, he alluded to a racy when. but the results had not officially come out at that time. he didn't

name bracy, he just said he congratulated the person who got the most votes. we have yet to hear from the president with an official statement congratulating abraham bracy directly and becoming iran's 8th president, which with a landslide victory, really near the 18000000 votes out of 28600000. both cas, so we're waiting to hear from the president in the coming hours. okay, so how, how ordinary voters feel about how old re people rather feel about racy as you say, he's called 62 percent in the presidential vote a landslide when but, but less than feel less than half of the electorate actually voted in the election . certainly there was nearly 60000000 iranians eligible to vote, but just around, just under 29000000 went to the balance on friday. that puts the turn out at 48 percent, roughly, which means it is the lowest turn out for presidential election since the

revolution of $9.00 to $79.00. this means that more people are in favor of not having any kind of say in there for me in their government. the conservative vote certainly came out. we see that in the numbers when ordinary iranians were the now just want to sit back and see what he does. i spoke to somebody yesterday who was voting for an adult, not sure how much he, he said that he was voting to preserve democracy in iran. but the sense was that all the chips were stacked towards abraham. right. you see, he was very much favored by all the different branches and parties within the system. and we see that in the numbers, in the turnouts, that of the people that came out to vote for him. the question now is, what will he do? how will he take this when and convinced those people who didn't vote, which is over 50 percent of the electorate? how will he convince them that he is the right person for the job? and of course, the number one way for him to achieve that goal is to turn around this country's

economy and all of the analysts. i've spoken to financial analysts and economists. they say he cannot do that without securing any kind of a deal with to return for the united states to return to the nuclear deal of 2015. because it is the sanctions that have been crippling iran since the u. s. withdrew from that deal in 2018 for any company just to give you a sense of how difficult it is financially to deal with iran for any foreign company to deal with iran. they cannot transfer money into this country. they will be faced with sanctioned, with violating sanctions with, from the united states. so there are huge fines even if they want, they want to, they cannot, this is one of the call problems they have at the moment. so one of the main points for the negotiators in vienna is they've been able to talk about this main issue lifting the sanctions against iraq central bank, which then president donald trump imposed that is one of the main issues. of course,

there is a number of other sanctions that error ratings are facing. and part of that negotiations that are now ongoing in the 6th round since they started in april, is to try and lift those sanctions. and of course, iran will then return to their original commitments under the nuclear deal and limits their nuclear activity, an open up complete access to the as they had previously prior to withdrawing slowly in 2019. 1 of the main deadlines that it's fast approaching is that later on this week on thursday, it is a deadline with the i. e. a agreements that are on reached as a result of limiting i. e. a additional protocol access, which means inspectors are not allowed. currently, to have an unannounced visits to the 6 nuclear side. so they've had in the past. so we'll see that agreement if it's extended later on this week and next week, that will buy some time for the negotiators. but unless there is some kind of an agreement and the sanctions are lifted,

there is very little doubt what the new president will be able to do in order to alleviate some of the financial burdens on ordinary iranians. i was still such a barry that live in town. i've been to many thanks. indeed, while we're waiting for an official announcement on the final result of the election to mirand interior minutes. as soon as that happens, we'll take you to live. for now though, we'll move on to the rest of the days news, the un general assembly is called on member states to help the flow of weapons into the arma, non binding the voters, and other significant side of global opposition to the gym to the ceased power of began to crack down, that has led to the deaths of more than 800 people from the united nations, kristen salumi reports. it was the 1st time the general assembly made its position known on me and mar since the country's qu, 4 and a half months ago. secretary general antonio good terrorist pressed member states for a strong message. we cannot live in a world where military calls become

a norm. it is totally unacceptable. the regional threat of the cry. he's real. we must continue to call for maximum restraint and condemn all forms of violence. the reese of a large scale civil war is read. the text was adopted with 10900 vote in favor, one against and 36 abstentions, including some countries from the region you a she answered her external blind pressure or imposition of sanctions on me. and maurice not only in effective but quite on the contrary, it might aggravate the issue. the resolution calls for the release of stig counselor unanswered she and other political prisoners, an end to violence against peaceful demonstrators and humanitarian access. notably, it also calls for member states to stop weapons from getting into the country. but only the security council has the power to impose in arms embargo and so far,

vito wielding powers, china and russia have opposed targeted sanctions. the general assembly resolution was sponsored by some 60 countries including canada, get the country on a path to democracy. that's a very, very clear message of the honda and it's a message that says stop the atrocities. let's. let's deal with the need for democracy as, as soon as we can, and the delay has gone on for several months. let's move forward. me and mars and bassett, or to the un, an outspoken critic of the military says the resolution doesn't go far enough. we are so disappointed that it took almost 3 men to adopt this. what donald is illusion, even though it does not include men, the important point to save life, the people emma, the general assembly, where every country has a vote and no country has veto power, has now weighed in, but will me and mars military listen. they've resisted similar calls from

neighboring countries in the regional ozzy on group before, but now with this world body behind them, the calls are getting louder. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nation life, so the nearly 900000 people from the laws were hingham. minority who escaped to neighboring bangladesh has been tough. some of them lost their homes and a fine early this. yet of the rainy season or sound made rebuilding difficulties. natasha can aim reports in 2nd. a fire on a march afternoon turned homes made of plastic sheeting and bamboo poles into ash. at least 15 people were killed and 500 injured. it was another trauma in a life full of them for the hanging refugees living inside this camp in bangladesh . why doesn't i was bring inside the moss. i rushed towards my home when i didn't see my father and mother, they both died in the fire. the last few months have brought renewed misery for her

seen a beggar and her family. but it's also been tinge with relief. as our mother we suffered a lot of my husband died in the fire, so much suffering. we were staying in a plastic temporary shelter where we faced hot weather and rain. the whole family were stay in one small room. now, by the grace of god, we have a home. i am very happy. an estimated 45000 homes were damaged or destroyed. now the monsoon season is here and people are still trying to rebuild on land that's unstable. the fire burn sand bag and bamboo poles that were used to fortify the hilly terrain of what's become the largest refugee settlement in the world. most of these ro hang muslims fled me in mar, at the beginning of 2017, hoping this would be a temporary refuge route. i am for out of the 100 and i'm like, i always think,

how can i go back to my motherland? we are very helpless people, we don't understand what the me and my government plans are. we don't have the strength to fight against them. so we are asking the heads of states of big countries to come forward and help us get back to our country. but with the military coup in me and mar, in february that displays thousands more of their people. of return to their homeland seems a distant hope. natasha named al jazeera, the chief editor and chief executive of a pro democracy newspaper in hong kong have been denied bail after appearing. and course ron law and tomb king home accused of colluding with a foreign country. they were arrested the officers of the ample daily on thursday, under the city sweeping national security law. the case is drawn international condemnation. the us military presence in the middle east, a shrinking further some equipment as well as hundreds of troops are being pulled out. and can confirmed the reports that anti missile batteries were being removed

from iraq, q 8, jordan and saudi arabia. it comes 2 years after the military presence in the region grew, an escalating tension with iran. i'll just here is gabriel elizondo reports from washington. well, the pentagon is not telling us exactly how many troops and exactly, exactly precisely where they're being withdrawn from an exactly when. nevertheless, we can certainly ascertain from the information that they did release that, that they are saying that it definitely is air defense assets, primarily that are being moved out of the middle east region. they said that they would be perhaps moved to some redeployed to other areas that they would not disclose or brought back to the u. s. for maintenance. what we think this is, is the bad air defense system. and also the patriot missile system that the u. s. has deployed in recent years to several countries in the middle east,

in terms of how many troops were thinking that it's in the hundreds, not the thousands. and these would be troops that are, that you know how to operate these air defense systems. so you ask yourself, is this a big troop drop down or not? and answer that question, got to know on how many troops in total there are in the middle east, a us troops, and it's about 45 to 55000. so if you're looking at several 100, perhaps, that gives you an idea of the total number of troops bottom line know is this comes at a very important time because biden for president biden has said that he wanted to recalibrate the number of us troops and assets in the middle east region, and this is all part of that. recalibration is the focus is more on russia and china. but it also, and this is important, this comes ahead of expected talks with iran on re entering into the nuclear agreement, the j. c. p. o, a, a student from

a group kidnapped by gunman in nigeria on the 1st day has been found dead. at least 80 students were abducted from school and the northwestern state of cabbie, the army is rescued at least one teacher and 5 pupils. it's the 3rd massive duction and as many weeks kidnapping, gangs by gangs described by as bandits have been on the rise in recent months, like the turkey 02020 chief says she wants. she still wants to explore ways to hold next month's olympics with spectators on friday. that's october 19 medical adviser declared that the games would be safest without any signs at all. that would cost organize us hundreds of millions of dollars in ticket sales. given foreign spectators are already banned from attending. who can know she? aga, other sporting events are being held with spectators. so as long as people want to see the olympics and paralympics, then it's the job of the organizing committee to find and eliminate the risk in

order to ensure safety and security. i want to make every effort to continue discussions until the end. so that like in other sports, as many people as possible can watch the games. one from out here is selling me in tokyo. this the mixed visions holding that olympic 2, adding more confusion to what's going on. just a week ago, the organizing committee indicated that they're expecting to see about 225000. they says they have the different events, you know when they're on the 23rd don't like so. and they also mentioned that the household order, the 43 percent of that ticket. so now with the mr. army denies those advisors organizers and they have already sold the ticket. so it could be a mess to see how if they decided to return the tickets, are they going to decide?

and then at the number, the government, the government governance after got a now this thing that emergency on thursday said that they want to cover the number of spectators, the major events 210001 the regardless of the size of the event or the late. so all this is adding more confusion and he said that he wanted to see if there's an event that this is a call again. but we're on monday. we're going to press conference session is going to give us the final decision on that. brazil's senate has widened an investigation into the government's handling of a pandemic. the health minister, as among the 14 people being formally examined nearly half a 1000000 people have died in brazil. and president, jaya, boston, r o. s face criticism for being dismissive of the outbreak counters here as monica

younger care reports from rio. so the saw, parliamentary inquiry has begun in april. it's investigating the government's handling of the pen damage. because brazil, contrary to other countries, does have the conditions, mass, vaccinate people fast, it has done so in the past. but in the sun damage. it was very slow. mostly because there was government denial of how serious this pandemic was. it turned down offers the vaccine, made by pfizer. it turns out offers the vaccines made by the world health organization. so all these officials, the former officials and are being investigated. and what this means, if you turn of events, is that 14 people among the former health minister, the bus will the current health minister, my son here, his dog,

and the former foreign relations minister. and they're still out there now under investigation. they're not just speaking is witnesses, but what this basically means is that the people that are participating in the probate to now issue search and seizure warren 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. italy is economy appears to be on the rebound to shrinking by nearly 9 percent. the government is investing billions of dollars in modernizing the economy. that is, adam rainy, explains digital transactions of policy driving new growth. this vegetable market in the heart of rome, dates back to the 18 sixty's, a century and a half on cash is still king. but there are signs the times are changing. for

years, the italian government has been encouraging electronic payment. as a way to increase tax receipts. the pandemic gave it the push it needed, as people wanted to pay without handling cash. because they thought exchanging money by hand could spread the virus out all this year and we have to accept progress. this is how things are cash is on the way out. electronic payment in italy, rose 4 percentage points in 2020 alone. and now digital payments make up a 3rd of all transactions. italy even has a lottery to encourage people to request this receipt for even the smallest purchases to prove they were made above board. but i got not paying for euro coffee with a card or a phone was practically unheard of before the pandemic. and now it tell us is communism visit to your local such purchases are just

a small part of the burgeoning digital economy. one growing faster as a result of the pandemic. the government is investing billions of euros from the e u cove. it recovery fund to modernize the economy, which is projected to grow by nearly 5 percent this year, and an additional 5 percent and 2022. i think this is a bigger keisha now for air increasing the amount of fish and cetera spot and see in our system. we have spent also a lot of money during, during this crisis. so now economic growth is really a master executive trainer mounted your carving, jani sees. this is a moment of opportunity for himself and the country at large money, regional capital. i think we used to think we had to be shoulder to shoulder with our boss. our lives revolved around the physical workspace to succeed today. 95 percent of my work is done from here at home. i love that provides more possibility

for growth. we understand now we can't waste our time at work and must make the most of it for lofty goals in a country where old habits die hard. adarine al jazeera rome ah, it's good to have with us hello headlines when i was here. initial results from ron's presidential election show the hotline of abraham lacy. well ahead. as expected, the 3 other candidates had already congratulated the judiciary chiefs. the official final announcement is to come within us as big as and tell ron has more on why racy has secured such a large share of the boat. many people upset and dissatisfied with peasants hasn't honey, and he's government upset at the handling of the economy. many believe it's due to mismanagement, although the president hasn't.