Iran: Iranian authorities start counting votes after the presidential election

In the Iran The polling stations closed shortly after midnight for voting in the presidential election. Polling station opening hours had previously been extended to allow more voters to participate in the presidential election. Iranian state media reported that people waiting in front of the polling stations were still allowed to cast their votes, but no one was allowed to enter afterwards. Counting should begin immediately and the first results were expected on Saturday.

In the early evening, as the weather cooled, more people went out to vote, with long lines forming outside polling stations in central Tehran and southern parts of the city. Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif Instagram called on voters to take advantage of the extension of polling station opening hours and cast their votes.

Two hardliners are the most promising candidates

The people were called upon to find a successor for him President Ebrahim Raissi died in a helicopter crash choose. According to observers, higher participation could benefit the only reform candidate in the field, Massoud Peseschkian.

If very promising candidates The two hardliners, however, are Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, the incumbent speaker of parliament, and Said Jalili, the former Iranian negotiator in the negotiations. Iran Nuclear program. 61 million citizens were eligible to vote.