The Take: Why is Iran seeing its lowest voter turnout ever?

Iranians are electing a new president but fewer voters than ever have turned out.

Iranians are voting for a new president but the first round of the election saw the lowest voter turnout in the country’s history. Will more people come out on Friday for the final round of the vote, or will this trend continue? And why has turnout been so low?

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This episode was produced by David Enders, Duha Mossad and Marcos Bartolomé. With Amy Walters, Manahil Naveed, Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan, Veronique Eshaya and our host Kevin Hirten in for Malika Bilal.