Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei cast his ballot in Iran’s 14th presidential election at a polling station in Tehran in the first minutes of voting on Friday.

Polling stations across Iran opened on Friday morning for the 14th presidential election. The voting started at 8:00 a.m. (04:30 GMT) on Friday. It will continue for 10 hours until 6:00 p.m., with the minister of interior having the authority to extend the voting time if necessary.

The presidential elections in Iran will take place on June 28th, moved up following the tragic death of President Raisi in a helicopter accident on May 19th, while he was in his third year in office.

Iran opened a five-day registration period Thursday for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who lost his life in a helicopter crash earlier this month.

Iranians will elect a new president in a nationwide election on June 28 after the passing away of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.

The spokesperson for Iran's Constitutional Council – a powerful 12-member council in charge of overseeing elections and legislation – has called the martyrdom of President Ebrahim Raisi "a great loss for the Iranian nation."

Iranians are heading to polling stations on Friday to cast their ballots in the country’s runoff parliamentary elections.

Iran's Interior Minister underscored the significance of the upcoming parliamentary run-off elections slated for May 10, highlighting the readiness of 11,500 polling stations across 15 provinces.

Iran’s top election supervisory body – the Constitutional Council- has confirmed election results in more parliamentary constituencies across the country.

Hadi Tahan Nazif, the spokesperson for the Constitutional Council, has announced that the cases of 52 parliamentary constituencies from 11 provinces have undergone scrutiny and have been officially confirmed.