Fingers crossed for a Pro-Reformist result.

Iran election extended amid high turnout

Reformists and moderates say they are targeting greater foreign investment, which, our correspondent says, will drive jobs for young people.

More than half of Iranians are under 35, but the youth unemployment rate is 25%, more than two and a half times the national average.

However, conservatives say strong economic growth is more likely to come from domestic production in what they describe as a “resistance economy” that draws on the ideals of the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Results for the Assembly of Experts are expected over the weekend. The results of the parliamentary election could take longer and it is likely to go to a second round in April as candidates need 25% of the vote to win outright.