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Raisi slams Iran state TV for coverage 'biased' toward Rouhani

Conservative presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi has attacked the Iranian state broadcaster for excessively covering President Hassan Rouhani’s speeches.
Iranian cleric and head of the Imam Reza charitable foundation, Ebrahim Raisi, delivers a speech after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections in the capital Tehran on April 14, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE        (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

With the presidential election due to be held on May 19, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has urged a high turnout in the race.

In a meeting with a group of army commanders and staff on April 19, Ayatollah Khamenei made reference to the upcoming presidential and city council polls, saying, "The election should be healthy, safe, lucid and massive.” He continued, "If this is achieved — which God willing it will happen by His grace, despite how the enemies and the mainstream media try to spoil the results of the election, in some way or another — if the Iranian nation continues to take part in the election with vigilance and awareness, as they always have, then a massive, lucid election, coupled with enthusiasm and eagerness, as well as health and safety will be held, and this will be a significant resource for the country, which will safeguard it."

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