the former central bank governor, hemmati, is seen as a reformist. irgc is a powerful voice in parliament, but officially it stays out of the presidential race, not supporting any candidate. ♪ let's now bring in our guests. joining us from tehran is mohammad marandi, he's the head of the north american studies graduate program at the university of tehran. joining us from berlin is ali fathollah nejad, who is an affiliated scholar with freie universitat's center for middle eastern and north african politics. and also from tehran is mostafa khoshchesm, a journalist and iran affairs analyst. thank you so much for joining us on "inside story." mohammad marandi, we don't want to speculate as to who the winner will be of this presidential race. so first, set the scene up for us. tell us what the mood is like in tehran, as this election unfolds and voting takes place. >> well, despite the fact that the coronavirus in iran is still a problem, we have to keep in mind that thanks to u.s. sanctions, it's been very difficult for the government to keep it under c

we understand a final push by some, at least a moderate, to get people out in support of hemmati, butis not clear what the vote will be. the capital has about 8 million people here. as a country, there are 59 million eligible voters. there's many differences here. it is still very difficult to tell, but there is a final push, at least here in north tehran at this polling station, to get people out to vote. we have been asking why they came, turned of late, why they are voting now, and who they are voting for, and even here, is thick between raisi and hemmati. maryam: what are people's top concerns? you were speaking earlier about the frustration with the guardian callan c, a very powerful body that had discounted a whole range of reformists and moderate candidates. why are people upset about that? what effect does it have on this boat? -- vote? >> people are upset because they did not see some of the people that they wanted to stand in this election being able to stand. there were a number of performances by candidates that were disqualified by the body. many people saw that as an att

the only candidate left who might appeal to reformists is abdolnaser hemmati, the former central bank elections in iran can produce surprises, but he needs a miracle. iran's nuclear future remains the big issue for any president. ebrahim raisi says he supports reviving the international deal that restricts iran's capabilities. iran's price would be an end to the sanctions that have caused real hardship. this was a queue for a chicken in a country with huge reserves of oil. whoever�*s president, the iranian people need some relief. jeremy bowen, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to barbara slavin, director of the future of iran initiative at the atlantic council. i said even though there aren't any results yet, it seems ebrahim raisi will be the winner. the most likely rivals all eliminated, but what we're waiting to see is the figure from the turnout.- waiting to see is the figure from the turnout. hello is it, does the _ from the turnout. hello is it, does the regime _ from the turnout. hello is it, does the regime play - from the turnout. hello is it, does the regime play games| from the t

the only candidate left who might appeal to reformists is abdolnaser hemmati, the former central bankiran can produce surprises, but he needs a miracle. iran's nuclear future remains the big issue for any president. ebrahim raisi says he supports reviving the international deal that restricts iran's capabilities. iran's price would be an end to the sanctions that have caused real hardship. this was a queue for a chicken in a country with huge reserves of oil. whoever�*s president, the iranian people need some relief. jeremy bowen, bbc news. a court in belgium has delivered a ruling on the supply of the astrazeneca covid—i9 vaccine to the european union. the eu brought the case, saying that the pharmaceutical company had broken its contract, by not supplying enough doses to the bloc. the court in brussels ruled that the firm must send 80 million doses by the end of september in line with a strict timetable, with the first 15 million due onjuly the 26th. it will be fined ten euros for every dose short. both sides claimed victory, with the president of the european commission ursula von

the only candidate left who might appeal to reformists is abdolnaser hemmati, the former central banklections in iran can produce surprises, but he needs a miracle. iran's nuclear future remains the big issue for any president. ebrahim raisi says he supports reviving the international deal that restricts iran's capabilities. iran's price would be an end to the sanctions that have caused real hardship. this was a queue for chicken in a country with huge reserves of oil. whoever�*s president, the iranian people need some relief. i spoke to bbc persian correspondent rana rahimpour. it was always clear, from the moment that we found out who was qualified to run for this election, it was obvious that ebrahim raisi was going to win. he's the favourite candidate for the establishment and, asjeremy said in his report, they made sure that there are no serious competition for him in the race. so it was more like a single horse race and it's obvious who's going to win. ok, so what, when it's confirmed, what difference will this make? let's start internationally — international agreements, things

the only candidate left who might appeal to reformists is abdolnaser hemmati, the former central bankctions in iran can produce surprises, but he needs a miracle. iran's nuclear future remains the big issue for any president. ebrahim raisi says he supports reviving the international deal that restricts iran's capabilities. iran's price would be an end to the sanctions that have caused real hardship. this was a queue for a chicken in a country with huge reserves of oil. whoever�*s president, the iranian people need some relief. jeremy bowen, bbc news. let's get more from bbc persian correspondent behrang tajdin. let's start with the results. when we going to expect some inclination about what is happening? element the previous rounds of residential elections, usually, we would have had some results by now. that make it is 635 in the morning. 4.5 hours after the polls closed. this time it seems that they are taking their time and there are reports that we may get some results in the next half—an—hour. results in the next half-an-hour.- results in the next half-an-hour. , , half-an-hour.

the only candidate left who might appeal to reformists is abdolnaser hemmati, the former central bankns in iran can produce surprises, but he needs a miracle. iran's nuclear future remains the big issue for any president. ebrahim raisi says he supports reviving the international deal that restricts iran's capabilities. iran's price would be an end to the sanctions that have caused real hardship. this was a queue for chicken in a country with huge reserves of oil. whoever�*s president, the iranian people need some relief. jeremy bowen, bbc news. let's get more from bbc persian correspondent rana rahimpour. no results yet. not far off, but i think we know who has won anyway. it but i think we know who has won an a . . , but i think we know who has won an a. ., anyway. it was always clear from the — anyway. it was always clear from the moment - anyway. it was always clear from the moment we - anyway. it was always cleari from the moment we found anyway. it was always clear - from the moment we found out who was qualified to run for this election, it was obvious ebrahim raisi was going to

the only candidate left who might appeal to reformists is abdolnaser hemmati, the former central bank. iran's nuclear future remains the big issue for any president. ebrahim raisi says he supports reviving the international deal that restricts iran's capabilities. iran's price would be an end to the sanctions that have caused real hardship. this was a queue for a chicken in a country with huge reserves of oil. whoever�*s president, the iranian people need some relief. jeremy bowen, bbc news. let s get some of the day s other news a court in switzerland has sentenced a former liberian rebel commander to 20 years in prison for numerous war crimes including rape and murder committed during the 1990's. the judges upheld 21 of the 25 charges against alieu kosiah. he's the first liberian to be tried for crimes carried out during the country's civil wars dangerously hot temperatures across the us south—west continue to climb this week. an excessive heat warning is now in place for much of arizona and california, and southern areas of nevada and utah. people are being told to stay in air—cond

the only candidate left who might appeal to reformists is abdolnaser hemmati, the former central bank elections in iran can produce surprises, but he needs a miracle. iran's nuclear future remains the big issue for any president. ebrahim raisi says he supports reviving the international deal that restricts iran's capabilities. iran's price would be an end to the sanctions that have caused real hardship. this was a queue for a chicken in a country with huge reserves of oil. whoever�*s president, the iranian people need some relief. jeremy bowen, bbc news. barbara slavin is director of the future of iran initiative and a non—resident senior fellow at the atlantic council. she's in washington. thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank you so much for coming on the programme-— the programme. thank you for askin: the programme. thank you for asking me- — the programme. thank you for asking me. we _ the programme. thank you for asking me. we don't _ the programme. thank you for asking me. we don't have - the programme. thank you for asking me. we don't have any| asking me. we don

the only candidate left who might appeal to reformists is abdolnaser hemmati, the former central bank says he supports reviving the international deal that restricts iran's capabilities. iran's price would be an end to the sanctions that have caused real hardship. this was a queue for a chicken in a country with huge reserves of oil. whoever�*s president, the iranian people need some relief. jeremy bowen, bbc news. the conservative mp for wakefield, imran ahmad khan, has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15—year—old boy in 2008. mr khan, who was elected in 2019, has released a statement denying the allegation in the strongest terms. he will appear at the central criminal court on 15thjuly. the conservatives say he has been suspended from the party. an nhs trust has been fined more than £730,000 for failing to provide safe care and treatment following the death of a baby boy. east kent hospitals admitted failures in the case of harry richford, who died seven days after his emergency delivery in november 2017. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. they didn't

the made moderate candidate, hemmati, who many were saying could be a dark horse in this race, he only got about 2.4 million votes. really not very much. so it certainly seemed as though a lot of the moderates didn't come out and vote, but most of the conservatives did. it does make ebrahim raisi, gives him a very strong mandate because obviously he won by that margin of percentage. and it certainly is set to move iran in a more conservative direction than it has been so far with eight years of the policies of hassan rouhani. internationally, of course, it's going to be very interesting to see what happens next because there's going to be a whole new foreign policy team coming in. in the past eight years of course you have zarif known in the united states and also very well known to the biden administration as well because of course he was so pivotal in getting the iran nuclear agreement on track. a lot is going to change, but some of the fundamentals are not going to change also, michael. i had the chance yesterday to speak with the head of iran's national supreme security council --