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Would get in trouble. theres a lot of fear in the country and a lot of courage. people are speaking out when they can. im sure you had people who even when they were aware, they still wanted to talk to you and they still wanted to tell the passionate stories of go ahead, bring it on, because i want to talk. >> which was a bit of a surprise again, and maybe that will be reflected in the election ruls. we dont know who will win or if well have a winner in what may be the first round, but we saw at...

Runoff, a candidate would have to have 50% plus one, one individual vote to actually win and not have this go to a runout. as i said, everybody we spoke to thinks it will go to a run off. well get the results in the next 24 hours or so. joining me now is the host of nprs "morning edition." here its really early. i guess youre used to these hours. we saw. we saw here in tehran, enthusiasm, lines, the mayor of tehran was very popular here. what did you see at the polls? >> i was interested that so...

And a lot of the internet sets, you get redirected, but its kind of a little more complicated than that. we have a special report out front on that. plus, the luxury goods, all of them in a very fancy neighborhood where, well, if youre linked in with the powerful revolutionary guard, you might have access to those kind of brands and sanctions havent seemed to heard those people, and who are those powerful revolutionary guard, the ones who control the economy so overwhelmingly and who are so powe...

Name, surname, date of birth. national code. the name of the city, the name of father, and these things. okay? >> and here is where i fill out for president. >> yes? >> chara is in charge of this polling station and insists its practically impossible for the government to know who a voter picked. >> we cant find this person is for this person. >> you cant find that out? >> we cant find that out. >> the majority of votes at this station seem to be for the mayor of tehran. they came home from kuwa...

Actually allows the top buyers of iranian oil to still do business with the united states? the state department just recently formally signs a piece of paper. heres an exemption, you may shake your head and say how does that make sense? you may shake your head more when you hear this. chinese imports of iranian oil are up 66% in the month of may alone. chinese imports, chinas the pretty stunning statistic, even though overall some of the imports, of course, have been dropping dramatically. what ...

Tight restrictions on the use of social media and the u.s. of the internet, but that doesnt mean that they just dont exist, that theyre not here. thats not true, and theres a lot of tech savvy individuals, some of whom i have spoken to who say there are ways around this, this is how you get on facebook, on twitter. some of the most surprising users of twitter, of social media, are the presidential candidates here in tehran. >> on the eve of irans presidential elections, candidate rohani tweets h...

Nearly all of its gasoline, but sa sanctions forced it to build refining facilities, and now a gallon is 30 cents, and they say theyll be self sufficient in terms of gasoline production. 30 cents a gallon could go to be cheaper. i stopped by a dealership in central tehran where i asked the manager if sanctions were making it impossible to sell certain kinds of cars. especially the high-end kinds of cars like lexus and porsche. surprisingly, hamad is selling everything, including mercedes. youre ...

Heres an exemption, you may shake your head and say how does that make sense? you may shake your head more when you hear this. chi neesz imports of iranian oil are up 66% in the month of may alone. chinese imports, chinas the pretty stunning statistic, even though overall some of the imports, of course, have been dropping dramatically. what about regular people? are the sanctions working? heres what we saw. congested, busy tehran is packed, tons of traffic, but the kinds of cars are mixed. tehra...

Of paper. heres an exemption, you may shake your head and say how does that make sense? you may shake your head more when you hear this. chinese imports, chinas the biggest single buyer are up 66% in the month of may alone. pretty stunning statistic, even though overall some of the imports, of course, have been dropping dramatically. what about regular people? are the sanctions working? heres what we saw. congested, busy action tehran is packed, tons of traffic, but the kinds of cars are mixed. ...

>> a few have started in a lackluster beginning. but this rally at a small stadium packed to the rafters in central tehran for saed jalili seems the most serious so far. songs against america blared from speakers while crowds chanted, death to america, israel and england. if dr. jalili does become the countrys next president, this rally will be an early indication of the direction the country will be heading over the course of the next four years. >> he joins me from tehran. you were there at th...