According to exit-polls Mir Hossein Mousavi is leadingJune 12, 2009 - 21:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The acting president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, perhaps will leave presidential seat. According to exit-polls, his rival Mir Hossein Mousavi is leading and collecting some 60 per cent of votes. Four candidates are contesting the election, with three rivals of the acting president of Iran - Mohsen Razai and Mehdi Karroubi and former PM Mir Hossein Mousavi. High attendance of voters has been recorded. Local authorities prolonged the voting for another two hours because of a great number of people wishing to participate in elections, Ekho Moskvi reports. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |