OUAGADOUGOU — Iranians living in Burkina Faso are invited on June 28 to go to the Bois Zone, a district of Ouagadougou, to take part in their country’s presidential election, which will see six candidates vying for the presidency.

According to Burkina Information Agency, “The embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Ouagadougou invites all Iranians living and residing in Burkina Faso to please visit the embassy, located in Ouagadougou, Zone du Bois (…) to the east of Belemtiissé school, to take part in the vote.” The Iranians will choose a new president from six candidates after the death of Ebrahim Raïssi on May 19, 2024, following a helicopter accident.

The candidates in the running are Massoud Pezeshkian, Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Saeed Jalili, Alirreza Zakani, Seyyed Amir Hossein Chazizadeh, and Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf. Iran is one of the strategic countries for Burkina Faso in its fight against terrorism and for its sovereignty. The President of Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, expressed his sadness after the disappearance of Ebrahim Raïssi, sending his condolences to the “friendly and brotherly people of Iran.”