Iran’s leaders warn low turnout in election will boost Trump

By Patrick Wintour in Tehran

Voters set to shun Friday’s parliamentary poll in sign of protest or indifference

Iran’s senior leaders flooded the media with eve-of-poll warnings that abstentions in Friday’s parliamentary elections – either through indifference or as a protest – will only encourage Donald Trump to step up economic sanctions against Tehran.

The one-week period of officially sanctioned campaigning for a seat in the next five year parliament ended on Wednesday night, 24 hours before voting started amid the first serious outbreak of coronavirus in Iran.

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