Early presidential elections were held in Iran today, June 28. Four candidates - three conservatives and one reformist - competed for this post in the Persian country.

The former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has decided to run again for the position of the supreme government, the state television of the Islamic Republic reports. Earlier, it was known that one of the candidates in the upcoming elections will be a woman.

According to the results of reviewing 80% of the protocols for the Russian presidential elections, Putin received 87.15% of the votes.

The President of the European Union Council, Charles Michel, was the first to "congratulate" Putin. "I congratulate Vladimir Putin in advance, who will win the elections in Russia, because there is no opposition, no, no freedom, no choice in Russia," he wrote. During the election process, cases such as burning of ballots and "pouring of zelyonka" are observed by citizens of the Russian Federation.

Presidential elections have begun in Russia, which for the first time in the country's history will be held over three days - on March 15, 16 and 17. Elections will also be held in the occupied Crimea and the Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine - Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.

In the presidential election held in Azerbaijan, incumbent President Ilhom Aliyev won with 92.1 percent of the vote, according to preliminary estimates. For the first time, residents of Karabakh participated in this election.

US presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to establish peace in the world by force if he is appointed to the office. Among the candidates, Trump also noted that he alone can prevent the third world war.

Following Colorado, the state of Maine also banned Trump's participation in the US presidential election.