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Iran extends voting for third time to 1830 GMT: ISNA

Published: 27 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 09 Nov 2021 - 07:16 pm
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Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani stands in a queue to vote for both parliamentary and Assembly of Experts election at a polling station in the holy city of Qom, 130kms south of Tehran, on February 26, 2016. AFP / AMIR HESAMI

 

TEHRAN: Iran announced a third extension of voting due to the high turnout in elections on Friday for parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the Students News Agency ISNA reported.

"As people are still voting ... polling hours have been extended until 10 p.m. (1830 GMT," ISNA quoted the interior ministry as saying. Polling stations opened at 8 a.m. (0430 GMT) and had originally been due to close at 6 p.m. (1430 GMT). 

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