The polls closed in Iran’s parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections at 23:45 local time (2015 GMT) on Friday after voting was extended several times due to a massive voter turnout. Some 55 million Iranians were eligible to vote in the two elections. The process of counting ballots is already underway
Two bombs exploded outside a hotel in Egypt housing election judges on Tuesday (Nov 24), killing at least one person, state television reported.
Turkey has started casting ballots in a parliamentary election five months after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its majority in parliament and failed to form a coalition government.
A series of explosions killed at least 28 people and injured dozens at a Shi'ite political party's rally in Iraq's capital ahead of the country's parliamentary election on Friday, police and medical sources said.