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In Pictures: Iranians overseas vote in presidential runoff election with patriotic fervor

Friday, 05 July 2024 1:25 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 05 July 2024 1:25 PM ]

Iranian nationals after casting their ballots in Friday's presidential runoff election in Azerbaijan.

Iranian nationals living abroad started heading to polling stations in their respective countries from the early hours on Friday to cast their ballots in the country’s presidential runoff election.

Press TV received images and footage of Iranian nationals participating in large numbers at 344 designated polling stations set up by the foreign ministry in various countries.

Around 10 million Iranians living outside the country are eligible to vote in this year’s election.

According to data from the Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Iranians Abroad, the distribution of Iranians living abroad is as follows: 30 percent in the US, 12 percent each in Turkey and Canada, approximately 10 percent each in the UK and the UAE, and 6.5 percent in Germany.

Iranian nationals in the Indian capital New Delhi cast their ballots in Iran's presidential election run-off. #IranVotes2024 pic.twitter.com/drLfEpNYXu
— Iran Election 2024 (@PressTVElection) July 5, 2024

Smaller proportions of Iranians, 2.4 percent each, live in Sweden and Australia, while France is home to around 2 percent of the Iranian expatriate community.

Except for Canada, where authorities created hurdles in setting up polling stations for Iranian nationals to exercise their voting rights, other countries offered cooperation in facilitating the process.

However, in the United Kingdom and Australia, groups of monarchists tried to disrupt the election and harassed Iranian nationals heading to the Iranian diplomatic missions to cast their ballots.

In London, a group of monarchists were seen holding the flags of the MKO terror cult and the Israeli regime outside the Iranian consulate to disrupt voting in Iran’s presidential runoff election on Friday.

Monarchists holding the flags of the MKO terror cult and the Israeli regime gather outside the Iranian diplomatic mission in London to disrupt voting in Iran’s presidential election run-off.#IranVotes2024 pic.twitter.com/6EZFC0UFdl
— Iran Election 2024 (@PressTVElection) July 5, 2024

This group had also gathered outside the Iranian embassy in London on June 28, with many videos circulating on social media that showed Iranian nationals being bullied and harassed.

One individual, seen in videos pulling off the Hijabs of some Iranian Muslim women, later posted a video of herself boarding a flight to Tel Aviv, prompting netizens to call her out over Zionist links.

In the Australian city of Brisbane, one person who tried to disrupt the voting in Friday’s runoff election using unwarranted force was arrested by local police, Iranian envoy Ahmad Sadeqi announced.

Meanwhile, Iranians living in countries in South Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caucasus, the US, and Europe have shown tremendous enthusiasm, turning out in large numbers to vote in Friday’s runoff.

Long queues were formed at Iranian embassies and consulates in different countries, with officials expecting a relatively bigger turnout in Friday's runoff election from last week's election.