Voting ends in 2nd round of Iran's parliamentary election

STORY: Voting ends in 2nd round of Iran's parliamentary election SHOOTING TIME: May 10, 2024 DATELINE: May 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people in polling stations 2. various of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei voting STORYLINE: Voting in the second round of Iran's 12th parliamentary election ended at 10:00 p.m. local time (1830 GMT) Friday after 14 straight hours, according to the official news agency IRNA. The election was held at nearly 11,500 polling stations in 22 constituencies in 15 provinces and 47 counties. The voting, initially scheduled to end at 6:00 p.m. local time, was extended thrice. A total of 90 candidates competed for the remaining 45 positions in the Iranian parliament in the runoff, as 245 seats have already been decided in the first round held on March 1. Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei voted at a polling station in Tehran minutes after the voting began at 8:00 a.m. local time. In an address to reporters

Epiphany

Epiphany

19.01.2023, Tallinn. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Epiphany, a religious holiday commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ. Apart from traditional festive church services, Russians also have a tradition of Epiphany dips, when people cut holes in ice of water bodies, the churchmen bless the water, and on the eve of the Epiphany, after going to a church, people dip thrice into the freezing water, crossing themselves before each dip. Photo: Konstantin Sednev / Postimees

Epiphany

Epiphany

19.01.2023, Tallinn. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Epiphany, a religious holiday commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ. Apart from traditional festive church services, Russians also have a tradition of Epiphany dips, when people cut holes in ice of water bodies, the churchmen bless the water, and on the eve of the Epiphany, after going to a church, people dip thrice into the freezing water, crossing themselves before each dip. Photo: Konstantin Sednev / Postimees

Epiphany

Epiphany

19.01.2023, Tallinn. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Epiphany, a religious holiday commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ. Apart from traditional festive church services, Russians also have a tradition of Epiphany dips, when people cut holes in ice of water bodies, the churchmen bless the water, and on the eve of the Epiphany, after going to a church, people dip thrice into the freezing water, crossing themselves before each dip. Photo: Konstantin Sednev / Postimees

Epiphany

Epiphany

19.01.2023, Tallinn. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Epiphany, a religious holiday commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ. Apart from traditional festive church services, Russians also have a tradition of Epiphany dips, when people cut holes in ice of water bodies, the churchmen bless the water, and on the eve of the Epiphany, after going to a church, people dip thrice into the freezing water, crossing themselves before each dip. Photo: Konstantin Sednev / Postimees

Epiphany

Epiphany

19.01.2023, Tallinn. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Epiphany, a religious holiday commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ. Apart from traditional festive church services, Russians also have a tradition of Epiphany dips, when people cut holes in ice of water bodies, the churchmen bless the water, and on the eve of the Epiphany, after going to a church, people dip thrice into the freezing water, crossing themselves before each dip. Photo: Konstantin Sednev / Postimees