The two presidential candidates, Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili, have headed to a run-off election on Friday as none of the candidates could garner the majority of votes.

Iran will hold a runoff presidential election on July 5 after Friday's vote saw none of the four candidates securing an outright win, the election headquarters said.

The vote counting is in progress in Iran’s snap presidential election with preliminary results announced by the country's election headquarters pointing to a neck-to-neck fight between two candidates.

Unknown gunmen reportedly attack a vehicle carrying ballot boxes in southeastern Iran, killing two security forces.

Polls have closed in Iran's snap presidential election and counting of votes has begun at thousands of polling stations across the country.

The Iranian official overseeing electoral processes abroad hails that expatriates have been staging a “lively” participation in the country’s presidential election.

Iran has categorically censured as worthless the meddlesome US remarks about the country’s ongoing presidential election.

Iran's interim president Mohammad Mokhber says initial reports from polling stations show the voter turnout in Iran's presidential election is robust.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on Iranian voters to turn out at polling stations to determine the country's future and make the "best and most useful choice".  

Iranians have headed to the polls in a snap election following the unexpected passing of former President Ebrahim Raiesi in a helicopter crash.