Polls have closed in Iran’s 2021 presidential election after 19 hours of voting nationwide and in various foreign countries.

The latest study of voter inclinations by Press TV shows that voter support for presidential candidate Ebrahim Raeisi — who already ranks first in polls — has risen to 68.9%.

The latest study of voter inclinations by Press TV shows presidential candidate Ebrahim Raeisi at the top with 57.3% of voter support.

Principlist presidential candidate Sa’eed Jalili becomes the second candidate after Alireza Zakani to drop out of the June 18 presidential election in favor of fellow contender Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has delivered an address to the nation two days before polls open in Iran’s 13th presidential election, calling the forthcoming vote “decisive.”

As pre-election campaigning races to a close, voices have been uniting across Iran’s political, social and religious spectrum for a mass participation in the June 18 presidential election in order to bolster the nation’s global standing.

Principlist candidate Alireza Zakani drops out of the 2021 presidential election in support of fellow contender Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, who enjoys the highest support among voters, according to opinion polls.

Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh, one of the Reformist candidates in Iran’s presidential election, has dropped out of the race, in what will likely boost the chances of fellow Reformist Nasser Hemmati for election.

Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raeisi has met with shareholders in Iran’s stock exchange market who lost savings in a market tumble last year, promising to follow up on their demand for the return of their lost investment in equities.

Iranian presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei says economic development in Iran is impossible without reforms in its power structure, declaring “reform from within” and a “novel economic architecture” as two of his goals.