Iran’s runoff elections to set economic agenda
The crucial runoff parliamentary elections today will determine how successful President Hassan Rouhani is in implementing his domestic and economic policies.
As Iranians headed to the polls April 29 to vote in the runoff parliamentary elections, a rare case of gun violence broke out. According to Hossein Zolfaghari, Iran’s deputy interior minister for security affairs, the shooting took place between supporters of rival candidates and was a “non-security” shooting, meaning that it was not terrorism related.
According to the deputy interior minister, the suspects had shot “aimlessly” into a crowd in Mamasani County in Fars province. Four people were wounded. A local official said that 25 people have been arrested and the injured have been transferred to a hospital.
