Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei delivered an address to the nation on Wednesday evening, inviting the youth to turn out in high numbers in the forthcoming presidential vote.

Constitutional Council Spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei held an international press conference from the Iranian capital Tehran on Thursday morning.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei expressed some expectations and requirements for the presidential candidates in referring to the issue of the 2021 presidential election in a televised speech on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s demise. These expectations and requirements have been reviewed in this infographic.

The central supervisory committee for Iran’s 13th presidential election announced voting hours for the forthcoming vote.

A Faqih (Islamic jurist) member of Iran’s Constitutional Council said the watchdog body is primarily tasked with protecting and defending the Islamic ordinances and the Constitution.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said today Iran is stronger than ever and no storm can uproot it.

Constitutional Council spokesman, who is also a jurist member of the law watchdog body, called on the International Criminal Court to make former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stand for his crimes against Palestinians.

Constitutional Council secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati thanked Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei for supporting the Constitutional Council in his recent speech.

The government of Iran is an Islamic Republic, established by the people based on their longstanding belief in the rule of Truth and Quranic Justice, following the victory of the Islamic Revolution led by the Grand Marja-e Taqlid Hazrat Ayatollah al-Uzma Imam Khomeini and voted upon with a 98.2% majority of eligible voters in a referendum held on the 10th and 11th of the month of Farvardin in the year 1358 of the solar Hijri calendar, equivalent to the 1st and 2nd of the month of Jamādi al-Ulā in the year 1399 of the lunar Hijri calendar [March 30-31, 1979 CE].

The spokesman of Iran’s Constitutional Council rejected the notion that the vetting body’s disqualification of high-profile figures in the run-up to the June 18 presidential election could affect voter turnout, saying opinion polls conducted by state bodies show that low participation in elections often has social and economic roots.