Members of the Constitutional Council's board of jurists and Islamic jurists attended the supervisory body's weekly meeting in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on June 23.

The Constitutional Council on Wednesday confirmed the results of the country's 13th presidential election.

Secretary of the Constitutional Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said Iran’s 13th presidential elections were held smoothly and in a calm atmosphere.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday lauded the Iranian people’s “epic” turnout in the country’s 13th presidential election.

Iran has started counting ballots cast in the 13th presidential election as voting draws to a close in nearly all of the 21 provinces across the country.

The spokesman of Iran’s Constitutional Council, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, talked to media on Friday and gave assurances to people about the safety of polling stations against the COVID-19 during the ongoing elections.

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

Secretary of Iran's Constitutional Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said as long as people are present on the scene, the adversaries cannot harm our country.

Iranians are heading to the polls at home and abroad on Friday to choose the country’s 13th president.

Constitutional Council spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei held an international press conference on Friday with national and international media outlets in attendance.