"To confirm his qualification in the presidential elections, it was Ali Khamenei's request to increase participation in the elections." This researcher told IranWire about the increase in turnout in elections among Turks: "It can be said that the ethnic issue is effective in increasing participation, for example, the Turk/Persian issue can increase participation, and Khamenei himself wants this. "The government has approved a candidate who can be the candidate of ethnic groups, religious minorities, reforms, groups close to Larijani and Ahmadinejad who have issues with the government, moderates, and some fundamentalists. Naturally, this increases the participation rate." Sajjad Mirzapour, a sociologist from Tabriz, said in an interview with IranWire: "It was expected that qualified candidates or the ideal candidate would be the common denominator of the IRGC and Khamenei's office.
