Iran’s Prosecutor General: No Election Violation Reported to Prosecutor’s Office Yet

Iranian Prosecutor General Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie said no violation has been reported to his office so far.

“The Elections Supervisory Board was convened in the presence of the Interior Minister this morning, in which the process of elections so far was evaluated as good, and no violation at all has been reported to the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office thus far,” said Ejeie at a press conference Friday afternoon.

The 11th Presidential and 4th City & Village Councils elections started across the country at 08:00 hours Tehran’s time (0330 GMT) Friday.

Voting will last 10 hours and polling stations close at 6 pm, although voting hours could be extended if necessary. Counting of the ballots will start at 24:00 on Friday and final results will be announced in the following 24 hours.

Presidential campaign for today’s election kicked off on May 22 after the Guardian Council released the list of 8 qualified candidates – although 6 have remained in the race now – and ended at 8:00 local time on Thursday.

The qualified candidates represent a wide range of political streams from Principlists to reformers.

In addition to Rouhani, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, former Iranian Foreign Minister and Supreme Leader’s top advisor for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati, Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, former Oil and Telecommunication Minister Seyed Mohammad Qarazi, and former Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander and Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezayee are fighting for the presidential post today.

If none of the candidates garners more than half the vote, it goes to a second round.

The elections started at some 60,000 polling stations nationwide this morning and are simultaneously being held in 96 world countries.

Over 50 million Iranians are eligible to vote in the presidential election.