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Iran's Zarif urges election turnout despite 'grievances'

The plea comes as many disillusioned Iranians have vowed to boycott the election.
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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reached out to all Iranians to participate in Friday's presidential election, which has been lamented as a one-sided race fixed by powerful hard-liners.

In a video message posted on Instagram, Zarif told Iranians that their vote would accelerate the lifting of Western sanctions, which have pushed the Iranian economy to the edge of collapse and triggered widespread public discontent and disillusionment.

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