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Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Iranian Supreme Leader, delivered a televised speech on Friday in Tehran, after casting his vote in the presidential elections.
"Come, make a decision, and choose and vote. This is something that is important for the future of the country and for the future of people," said the Iranian Supreme.
Iran's presidential election is being held nationwide and in 133 countries. Some 500 international journalists from 226 foreign media covered the event in Iran.
As many as 60 million Iranians are eligible to vote, from which 1.3 million are first-voters and 3.5 million are Iranians abroad, according to statistics from the Ministry of Interior.
Presidential candidates include Expediency Discernment Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei Mirqaed, Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi, MP Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh, and former CBI Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati.
Three other presidential candidates Saeed Jalili, Mohsen Mehralizadeh, and Alireza Zakani dropped out of the presidential race.
The 13th presidential election is held simultaneously with the sixth round of city and village councils' elections, the first mid-term for the 11th parliament's by-election, and the second mid-term for the fifth Assembly of Experts election.
Iran: Khamenei makes final call for voter participation after casting ballot in pres elex
Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Iranian Supreme Leader, delivered a televised speech on Friday in Tehran, after casting his vote in the presidential elections.
"Come, make a decision, and choose and vote. This is something that is important for the future of the country and for the future of people," said the Iranian Supreme.
Iran's presidential election is being held nationwide and in 133 countries. Some 500 international journalists from 226 foreign media covered the event in Iran.
As many as 60 million Iranians are eligible to vote, from which 1.3 million are first-voters and 3.5 million are Iranians abroad, according to statistics from the Ministry of Interior.
Presidential candidates include Expediency Discernment Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei Mirqaed, Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi, MP Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh, and former CBI Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati.
Three other presidential candidates Saeed Jalili, Mohsen Mehralizadeh, and Alireza Zakani dropped out of the presidential race.
The 13th presidential election is held simultaneously with the sixth round of city and village councils' elections, the first mid-term for the 11th parliament's by-election, and the second mid-term for the fifth Assembly of Experts election.
No Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International TV
Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Iranian Supreme Leader, delivered a televised speech on Friday in Tehran, after casting his vote in the presidential elections.
"Come, make a decision, and choose and vote. This is something that is important for the future of the country and for the future of people," said the Iranian Supreme.
Iran's presidential election is being held nationwide and in 133 countries. Some 500 international journalists from 226 foreign media covered the event in Iran.
As many as 60 million Iranians are eligible to vote, from which 1.3 million are first-voters and 3.5 million are Iranians abroad, according to statistics from the Ministry of Interior.
Presidential candidates include Expediency Discernment Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei Mirqaed, Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi, MP Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh, and former CBI Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati.
Three other presidential candidates Saeed Jalili, Mohsen Mehralizadeh, and Alireza Zakani dropped out of the presidential race.
The 13th presidential election is held simultaneously with the sixth round of city and village councils' elections, the first mid-term for the 11th parliament's by-election, and the second mid-term for the fifth Assembly of Experts election.