Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi was announced president of the Islamic Republic.

The 13th presidential election in Iran is finally in and as with every election, Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was among the first to cast his ballot.

The spokesman of Iran’s Constitutional Council, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaee, talks to Press TV about the voting process underway nationwide.

A senior figure representing the Zoroastrian faith in Iran tells Press TV that the large number of people present at ballot boxes on Election Day shows off the great national solidarity and unity to the enemies of the country.

A senior Jewish figure tells Press TV that Iranian Jews, like their other compatriots, have a national duty to take part in elections.

Political analyst Seyyed Mohammad Marandi says Iran has put its democracy on display by holding a key presidential election, despite all the foreign pressure meant to undermine the nation.

Here is the latest top stories from Press TV on June 17 28, 2021.

Iran has had a variety of elections almost every year since the Islamic Republic’s formation in 1979.

Principlist presidential candidate Sa’eed Jalili becomes the second candidate after Alireza Zakani to drop out of the June 18 presidential election in favor of fellow contender Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi.

Former Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi has become the second prominent presidential hopeful to drop out of the June 18 election and endorse the Principlist camp’s best presumptive bet Ebrahim Raeisi.