Tehran mayor sees ‘threat’ in Iranians’ dissatisfaction

Iran’s low voter turnout reflects a wider malaise in a country long buckling under sanctions and more recently also hit hard by the coronavirus, spelling “a threat for everyone,” Tehran’s mayor Pirouz Hanachi told AFP. “The turnout at the ballot box is a sign of people’s satisfaction level,” said Hanachi, mayor of Iran’s political and business centre and largest city, with more than eight million people. “When there is dissatisfaction with the…