The contest is between Masoud Pezeshkian, a relatively moderate lawmaker, and hard-line former Revolutionary Guard member Saeed Jalili.
Low-key moderate Massoud Pezeshkian got 10,415,991 million of the 24,535,185 million votes counted, while his hardline rival Saeed Jalili got 9,473,298 million, according to a ministry spokesperson.
Iranians will choose between mostly hardline candidates in an early presidential election on Friday following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
Among more than 10.3 million ballots from Friday's election counted so far, hardline former nuclear negotiator Jalili won more than 4.26 million votes.
While the election is unlikely to bring a major shift in the Islamic Republic's policies, its outcome could influence the succession to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's 85-year-old supreme leader.
Experts believe that regardless of who is elected president, Tehran’s foreign and domestic policies are expected to remain largely unchanged
The Jewish association is set to host the six presidential candidates at the Yusef Abad Synagogue in the Iranian capital city.
Iran’s reputation suffered due to the disappearance of the presidential helicopter and the inability of the Iranian state to identify the crash site.
Khamenei's oppressive rule has ensnared Iranian society, trapping it in malignant cycles of manipulation and control.
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