The vote-counting process kicked off in the runoff phase of Iran's presidential elections, Paralel.Az reports citing Mehr News Agency.

Iranians inside and outside the country headed to polling stations in large numbers to elect a new president to replace President Ebrahim Raeisi on Friday.

Polling stations across Iran have opened on Friday morning for the 14th presidential election. The voting started at 8:00 a.m. (04:30 GMT) on Friday. Iranians have headed to the polls as soon as the stations opened to elect the country’s new president.