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BBC OS: 2021/06/07 16:06 GMT: OS conversations: Iran elections

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OS Conversations: Iran elections

2021/06/07 16:06 GMT

2021/06/07 16:06 GMT: OS conversations: Iran elections

OS conversations: Iran elections

BBC World Service - BBC OS, OS conversations: Iran elections

We explain what is at stake  in the elections in Iran

We'll be bringing you the first in the series of conversations on Iran. The country is due to choose a new president this month. We'll explain - with the help of  journalists from the BBC's Persian Service - what is at play and why this election matters.

We'll hear from people in Uganda where the government has re-imposed a strict lockdown as the country faces a surge in coronavirus cases.

Professor Manfred Green, a medical doctor and professor of epidemiology in the school of public health at the University of Haifa in Israel, will give the latest information on the virus. 

And after Nigeria’s government imposed a ban on Twitter, it now says it will arrest and prosecute anyone found using the social media platform. We explain what’s behind the decision and hear about the reaction in the country. 

We’ll also get an update on the elections in Peru and Mexico over the weekend.

(Photo: Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi hold pictures depicting him, during an election campaign rally in city of Eslamshahr, southern of Tehran, Iran, 06 June 2021. Credit: EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH)

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