 Iran is a reformist candidate, criticized Iran's mandatory hijab law for women, has promised to disband Iran's so-called morality police. Saturday's election was held six weeks after the Iranian president, Ibrahim Raisi, and foreign minister, Hussein Abir Abdullahi, died in a helicopter crash in May, along with several other officials and crew. Raisi was elected in 2021 in a vote that saw the lowest percentage turnout in the Islamic Republic's history.