Representatives of candidates monitoring election, says Tehran Governor

Tehran Governor Isa Farhadi said 12,000 representatives of Iranian presidential hopefuls and city and village council candidates will monitor the election across Tehran.

The11th Presidential election started across Iran on Friday at 8:00 am local time (3:30 GMT), as Iranian people will go to polling stations to elect their next president.

People throughout the country will also cast their ballots to elect members of city and village councils concurrent with the presidential election today. Voting will last 10 hours and polls close at 6 pm, but voting hours could be extended if necessary. Ballot counting will start at 24:00 tonight and final results will be announced in the next 24 hours after the election.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei cast his ballot as well.

Iranian voters will go to over 66,000 polling stations in 96 countries. Campaigning for the June 14 presidential election kicked off in Iran on May 22 after the Guardian Council released the list of 8 qualified candidates.

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

There are now 6 candidates left in the race after two of them quitted. They include Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Former Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, former SNSC Secretary and chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rouhani, former Oil and Telecommunication Minister Seyed Mohammad Qarazi, former Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and Secretary of the Expediency Council Mohsen Rezayee.