Iran's First VP Votes In Early Presidential Election's Second Round

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 5. Acting President, the First Vice President of Iran Mohammad Mokhber has participated in the voting for the second round of the early presidential election at a mobile polling station set up in the Interior Ministry in Tehran, Trend reports.

Before voting, he spoke to journalists, emphasizing noticeable activity in the voting compared to the previous week.

He mentioned that the Iranian government is organizing the election without supporting any political factions.

To note, the 2nd round of the extraordinary presidential election started on July 5 at 08:00 (GMT +3:30) in Iran, with two candidates - Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili - competing. The duration of the election is 10 hours (if the Ministry of Interior deems it necessary, the election time can be extended).

A total of 58,640 constituencies have been established in Iran for the Iranian presidential election inside the country and 344 outside the country. Over 61.4 million voters are eligible to vote in Iran's presidential election.

According to the results of the first round of the early presidential election, former Iranian Health Minister Masoud Pezeshkian counted 10.4 million votes, the representative of Iran's spiritual leader in the Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili received 9.47 million votes, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf - 3.38 million votes, and former Minister of the Interior and Justice and conservative Mostafa Pourmohammadi - 206,000 votes.

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