Two Armenians elected to Iran's new parliament

Two out of four Armenian candidates have won seats in Iran’s parliament in a Friday, February 25 vote, preliminary results suggest.

Karen Khanlarian and Jorge Abrahamian have been elected for Armenians in the north and the south of Iran respectively.

As Khanlarian told Tert.am, he received 74% votes in the northern constituency. Abrahamian remained the only Armenian candidate in the south after all the other contenders withdrew from the campaign.

“The Armenian community actively participated in the elections, with around 12,000 Iranian Armenians heading to the polls,” Khanlarian said.

“It is now a bit difficult to describe the general situation, but interesting changes are expected in the Majlis in terms of the [political] forces’ arrangement. No accurate estimates are available at the moment, but I think final results will be revealed tonight.”