The presence of Jalili and Pezeshkian in a runoff vote underscores notable differences between the two candidates while reflecting the diversity of political positions within the Islamic Republic.

Iran will hold a runoff presidential election on July 5 after Friday's vote saw none of the four candidates securing an outright win, the election headquarters said.

The vote counting is in progress in Iran’s snap presidential election with preliminary results announced by the country's election headquarters pointing to a neck-to-neck fight between two candidates.

Millions of Iranians, in a display of tremendous patriotic fervor, participated in Friday’s snap presidential election to choose the successor of President Ebrahim Raeisi

This edition of the Iran Votes 2024 program looks at the voting day, election facts and figures and related developments.

The head of Iran's Zoroastrian community, Rashid Khorshidian, says their Iranian identity comes before their religious identity, adding that it is their national duty to vote in the country's elections.

The Patriarch of the Assyrian Church for Eastern Iran, Marnier Sai Benyamin, says Iranian Christians, like other Iranians, are exercising their right to vote for a better future of their country.