While casting his ballot during a run-off on July 5, Dr. Ali Komsari said that elections are the manifestation of the will of the nation and people’s desire to determine their fate and destiny,
“It is also an opening to choose a new path in the political, social and cultural arena,” the reputed scholar said
Hojjat al-Islam Komsari urged massive public turn out at the polls, stressing that a new chapter will be formed by the participation of each individual of the society.
He also said and people by their enthusiastic presence will convey this message to the world that they rally behind the Islamic Republic system.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the reputed scholar said that the Iranian people, whom he described as intelligent with great awareness, will determine who will be at the helm of power and be managing the country’s affairs at least for next four years.
The snap presidential election was called after President Ebrahim Raeisi passed away in a helicopter crash with seven other officials in northwestern Iran on May 19.
More than 61 million Iranians were eligible to vote in Friday's election inside the country, in addition to around 10 million Iranians living abroad.
People exhibited tremendous patriotic fervor by coming out in large numbers to cast their ballots across the country on Friday with long queues spotted at polling stations in Tehran and other cities.
Veteran parliamentarian Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran's runoff presidential vote, the interior ministry says, bringing a conclusion to a tight race which saw voters swell polling stations on Friday.
Pezeshkian received more than 16 million votes against former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili with more than 13 million out of over 30 million votes cast, electoral authorities said.