The announcement was made by Hadi Tahan Nazif, spokesman for the council, the body that oversees the election process and results, in a televised interview with state-run IRIB TV on Sunday.

He said the institution confirms the results after investigation and review, Xinhua news agency reported.

None of the four candidates competing in the first round raised any objections to the election results during the legal deadline for filing complaints, he said, adding that election campaigning would continue until Thursday morning or 24 hours before voting. Could.

In the first round of voting for the contingent presidential race, which began early on Friday and ended at midnight after being extended three times, no candidate received more than 50 percent of the total votes needed to be declared the winner. Did not get votes.

The country was thus sent to a scheduled contest on July 5 between the top contenders, Iran's former health minister, who received more than 42 percent of the votes in the first round, and theorist Saeed Jalili, the former chief negotiator on nuclear matters. Talks between Tehran and world powers, which received more than 38 percent of the total.

Iran's 14th presidential election, initially scheduled for 2025, was rescheduled following the unexpected death of former President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May.