‘Enemies must admit high voter turnout as Iran’s grandeur’

People showed up at polling stations across Iran on Friday March 2, 2012 to cast their ballots in the country’s 9th parliamentary elections.


The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has advised Iran’s adversaries to acknowledge the high voter turnout in the country’s 9th parliamentary elections as yet another manifestation of the Iranian nation’s grandeur.


Praising the mass participation of Iranians in the Friday vote, Ramin Mehmanparast said the enemies of the Islamic Republic must bow to the Iranian nation’s grandeur and eminence, and put an end to their hostile policies toward Iran.

Despite different pressures, the Iranian nation once again proved their resolve in supporting the establishment, leadership, sovereignty and national interests, he added.

Mehmanparast said that the nation’s high turnout manifested a new image of Iran’s power when it comes to foreign policy.

Early vote counts from Friday’s Majlis elections show more than 64 percent of some 48 million eligible voters cast their ballots in the 9th parliamentary elections, with 75 percent of the candidates from the Principlist camp securing the Majlis seats.

The turnout in Iran’s previous legislative vote was 51 percent.

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