With the approval of the Iranian Interior Minister, the voting time will be extended for 2 hours, i.e. until 22:00 across the country, the Election Office, the body charged for the implementation of election procedures in Iran, announced in a statement.
Around 61 million Iranian people are eligible to vote, including 3.5 million first-time voters.
The elections are held in around 60,000 polling stations across Iran.
Having gone through a formal qualification process by Iran’s Constitutional Council, over 12,000 candidates, including dozens of Iranians from the religious minorities, are running for the parliament.
A total of 144 clergymen have also been chosen as the final candidates for the Assembly of Experts elections.
There are 290 seats in the Iranian Parliament, known as Majlis, elected by direct vote of people in nationwide elections for four years.
The Assembly of Experts is a high-ranking body that elects and oversees the activities of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
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