Iran Votes

Guardian UK: High turnout as Iranians vote in first elections since nuclear agreement - President Hassan Rouhani’s reformist-moderate alliance seeking to make gains against conservatives and hardliners

Iranians began voting on Friday in the first polls since last summer’s landmark nuclear agreement and the lifting of sanctions in a key test of whether reformists and moderate supporters of the president, Hassan Rouhani, can make significant gains against conservatives and hardliners.