hardline factions have won most of the remaining seats in a parliamentary run-off vote, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
Hardliners have secured 233 of 290 seats in Iran’s parliament, according to a tally by the Associated Press news agency.
What do we know about the run-off vote?
The “principlist” faction won 10 of 16 remaining seats in the run-off vote in Tehran, with the Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces (SHANA) receiving the remaining six. Both groups are classified as hardline factions.
The majority of the remaining seats in the provinces were also .
Most independent and opposition candidates were not allowed to run in the election, with the Guardian Council banning them months before the vote.
Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the election saw “good participation” without giving concrete figures.
“All elected people have had a relatively good and acceptable” number of votes, he said.
Election sees low turnout
, the lowest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The election was the first since the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in custody in 2022, which . Amini died after being detained for allegedly failing to adhere to the country’s strict Islamic dress code.
In April, .
and has grappled with rising tensions with Israel over the .
sdi/ab (dpa, AP)
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