Voting Begins In Iran Presidential Election -- Al Jazeera
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei one of the first to cast his ballot at a Tehran mosque, urging a large turnout.
Millions of voters across Iran have begun to cast their ballots in the country's presidential elections, four years after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Polling stations opened at 8:00am local time (03:30 GMT) on Friday and close 10 hours later, although if there is a particularly large turnout the interior ministry can extend voting until midnight.
At the same time as choosing a new president from six candidates, voters will also pick municipal councillors.
There are more than 50 million eligible voters, with 130,000 ballot boxes in over 60,000 voting stations. The first results are expected late Friday or early on Saturday.
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