Latest News on Iran Presidential Vote Counting;

Tehran (IP) - Mohsen Eslami, Spokesman of Iran's election headquarters, on Saturday Morning at 08:20 local time, announced the latest results.

Iran PressIran news: The latest results show that presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian keeps a slight lead over Saeed Jalili with 5,955,781 votes with 41.46% of all votes.

Counted votes so far: 14.070.462

Massoud Pezeshkian: 5.955.781 votes, earning 42.32% of counted votes

Saeed Jalili: 5.560.321 votes, earning  39,51% of counted votes

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: 1.891.385 votes

Mostafa Pourmohammadi: 111.967 votes

The polls closed at midnight local time on Saturday (20:30 GMT on Friday), ending a 16-hour-long voting process.

The snap Iran's Presidential Election was called after President Ebrahim Raisi was martyred along with seven others including late Foreign Minister Hossein Amir- Abdollahian on May 19, when the helicopter carrying them crashed in northwestern Iran.

More than 61 million Iranians have been eligible to vote in the election.

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