Iranian voters go to polls to elect new president

Iranian voters went to the polls Friday to choose their next president, with a conservative hardliner in the lead and low turnout feared due to voter apathy.Entering the election marking the end of eight years of the centrist-reformist government led by President Hassan Rouhani, judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi, the hardline candidate, has been ahead in opinion polls, with the main moderate contender, former Central Bank chief Abdolnasser Hemmati, struggling to catch up.Raisi, who is backed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has promised to fight corruption and poverty.Hemmati has lagge…READ FULL ARTICLE