DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is grappling with fears of low voter turnout, two days ahead of the country’s presidential election. The race increasingly narrowed on Wednesday, becoming a showdown between the country’s hard-line judiciary chief and moderate former Central Bank chief. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned of a foreign conspiracy to undermine the vote while the country’s Interior Ministry acknowledged a startling lack of competition that was turning the election into a coronation for Khamenei’s protégé, hard-liner Ebrahim Raisi. Voter apathy was running deep even before two candidates dropped out of the race on Wednesday. It’s partly due to a devastated economy and subdued campaigning amid a coronavirus surge.
