By Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Robat Karim and Anna Fifield in Shahr-e-Rey
Published: June 12 2009 11:27 | Last updated: June 12 2009 18:38
Iranians flocked to the polls in huge numbers on Friday in a pivotal election that western powers, and many at home, hope will bring an end to the radical presidency of the Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad.
Voter turnout was above 70 per cent – there were still long queues outside polling stations at 8pm and voting was again extended – which appeared to favour Mir-Hossein Moussavi, the moderate former prime minister and main challenger to the president.
Women cast their vote at a mosque transformed into a polling station in the Iranian capital. Hundreds of voters queued outside one of the biggest polling stations in central Tehran - an indication of a high turnout in the early hours of the presidential poll
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