Iran election: 'We need to be decisive for our country's future' - BBC News

The BBC speaks to Iranians voting in the first elections since the 2022 anti-government protests.

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Watch: The BBC's Carrie Davies visits a Tehran polling station as voting begins

People in Iran are voting in elections for a new parliament today - the first test of opinion there since a series of protests against the hardline Islamic regime.

But turnout is expected to be low, with several blocks of reformist politicians boycotting the election altogether.

Iran has been badly hit by international sanctions, an economic crisis, widespread hardship and violent unrest.

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