Iranians are voting in a snap election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash earlier this year – with voter apathy the key factor.
Voters face a choice between hardline candidates and the little-known reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon. As has been the case since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women and those calling for radical change have been barred from running, while the vote itself will have no oversight from internationally recognised monitors, all at a time of growing public frustration.
