The vote counting has begun in Iran’s snap presidential election since early hours of Saturday after the polling station closed at Saturday midnight.

Alireza Zakani, Iranian presidential candidate has withdrawn from the race making leaving the four remaining contenders to run for Friday elections.

Iran’s missions across the globe have geared up for the Iranians in exile to cast their ballots for presidential snap elections on Friday June 28.

The presidential candidates in Iran discussed their views regarding foreign policy in the fourth debate held on Monday night.

Six Iranian presidential candidates hold campaign rallies across the country less than four days to the race that will sit one of them as the chief of the executive branch.

The Sunni prayer leaders and orators in Iran’s northern province of Golestan have stressed, in their Friday sermons, that election is an instance of the national unity to build the future of the country.