在伊朗，人民也能投票选举总统

即便是有伊朗特色，那也是在选举。

下面是央视的英文报道：

Iranians start voting in presidential election CCTV-International

TEHRAN, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Iranians began voting Friday morning in a presidential election which pits incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against three other candidates.

There are 46.2 million eligible voters for this year's presidential election. A total of 45,713 ballot boxes have been set up throughout the country.

Polling stations, which opened at 8 a.m. local time (0330 GMT), will close at 18:00 p.m. (1330 GMT) and could remain open till midnight in case of a high voter turnout.

"Hopefully, the most qualified and competent person would be elected as the head of the executive branch of the government," Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said after casting his ballot.

He also praised the "passionate and peaceful" election campaign and called on Iranians to use their right to vote as a way to fulfill "a religious and logical duty."