Iran will hold a run-off election after hardline candidate Saeed Jalili and rival Massoud Pezeshkian, who is seen as reformist, both failed to secure a majority in the presidential race.
Candidates need to win 50% of the vote but the pair both hovered around the 40% mark - with Mr Pezeshkian finishing narrowly ahead.
Iran's interior ministry confirmed the second round is set for 5 July.
Two security force members were killed after unidentified gunmen attacked a vehicle carrying election boxes

Iranian authorities arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi on Friday, her foundation said, citing her brother.
[color=#0c0c0c][size=large][font=noto_serif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif]The Paris-based foundation said Mohammadi was “violently detained” by security and police forces during a memorial ceremony for Khosrow Alikordi, a lawyer recently found dead in his office. It c

Beijing on Monday reiterated its call for the U.S. and Israel to immediately cease military operations against Iran, warning the global economy could be imperiled as the war expanded to multiple Middle Eastern countries and threatened shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Around 20 per cent of the world’s oil and gas supply passes through the Persian Gulf into the Arabian Sea before it’s transported to destinations around the world, making the Strait and its adjacent waters “vital internatio