Iranians have begun voting in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes,

Iran held a runoff presidential election pitting a hard-line former nuclear negotiator against a reformist lawmaker.

By bne Tehran bureau Iranians began voting on July 5 in a presidential runoff between reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and conservative Saeed Jalili, with polling stations opening at 08:00 local time. The snap election on 28 June failed to produce a clear winner,