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  • Iranians have cast ballots to pick the successor to President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash earlier this year.
  • There are four contenders to choose from: conservative Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf; hardliner Saeed Jalili; centrist Masoud Pezeshkian; and conservative Mostafa Pourmohammadi.
  • Polls were due to close at 14:30 GMT but the election commission has extended voting by several hours.
  • Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for a high voter turnout. At just over 48 percent, the 2021 vote had the lowest turnout in any presidential election since 1979.