On the final days of campaigning ahead of the presidential race on Friday, the election mood reached new heights across Iran.

Days are counting down to Iran’s presidential election.

As pre-election campaigning races to a close, voices have been uniting across Iran’s political, social and religious spectrum for a mass participation in the June 18 presidential election in order to bolster the nation’s global standing.

Principlist candidate Alireza Zakani drops out of the 2021 presidential election in support of fellow contender Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, who enjoys the highest support among voters, according to opinion polls.

Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh, one of the Reformist candidates in Iran’s presidential election, has dropped out of the race, in what will likely boost the chances of fellow Reformist Nasser Hemmati for election.

This edition of the program is about political challenges for Iran's next administration.

Iran’s senior Sunni Muslim cleric, Molavi Abdul Hamid, has thrown his weight behind presidential candidate Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, a fellow Shia Muslim cleric, in his bid for election as the country’s president.

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, invites the Iranian people to participate in the June 18 presidential election.

Iranian presidential candidate joined a third and final debate on live TV on Saturday, in a showdown that was intended to center around the people’s concerns.

Ghazizadeh-Hashemi says he will try to promote collective dialog among neighbors in the Mideast aimed at clearing away the misunderstandings created by the West among them and bolster relations based on common interests.