Iran prepares for election

Iranian men cast their ballots during presidential elections at a polling station in Qom, 78 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2013.

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Iran's top nuclear negotiator and conservative presidential candidate Saeed Jalili prays at the tomb of Shah Abdolazim before voting in the first round of the presidential elections in Tehran, June 14, 2013.

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot in the presidential election without publicly endorsing a candidate, in Tehran, June 14, 2013.

A member of the electoral committee takes information from a passport of an Iranian voter for the presidential election in the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, June 14, 2013.

Iranian women stand in line at a polling station in Qom, Iran, June 14, 2013.

Iranian men queue to get ballots for the presidential and municipal councils elections in a polling station in Tehran, June 14, 2013.

Two Iranian women fill in their ballots for the presidential and municipal councils elections in a polling station in Tehran, June 14, 2013.

Iran's top nuclear negotiator and conservative presidential candidate, Saeed Jalili (C) is surrounded by his bodyguards as he prepares to cast his ballot in the first round of the presidential election in Tehran, June 14, 2013.

Two Iranian women cast their ballots during the presidential and municipal councils elections in a polling station in Tehran, June 14, 2013.

Female supporters of the Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, chant slogans, in a campaign rally, two days prior to the election, in Tehran, June 12, 2013.

The election, to be held on Friday, June 14, will choose a successor for outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who under the law cannot run for another term.

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A supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator, rides his motor bike with Rowhani's poster during a street campaign in Tehran, June 12, 2013.

Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Ali Akbar Velayati, a conservative former foreign minister, hold up balloons in front of a portrait of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a campaign rally two days prior to the election, in Tehran, June 12, 2013.

Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who is also Tehran's mayor, chant slogans and hold campaign posters during a campaign event in Tehran, June 9, 2013.

A female supporter of the Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, holds up his poster during a campaign rally two days prior to the election, in Tehran, June 12, 2013.

Supporters of presidential candidate Ali Akbar Velayati, a conservative former Foreign Minister, hold up his posters during a campaign rally two days prior to the presidential election, in Tehran, June 12, 2013.

Iranian Presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, center, Iran's former nuclear negotiator, leaves a campaign rally in Tabriz, Iran, June 10, 2013.

Rowhani talked about easing political restrictions imposed by Iranian authorities and told crowds that rebuilding ties with Western governments is better than denouncing them as enemies.

Presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, a former top nuclear negotiator, attends a rally in front of a portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran, June 1, 2013.

Men chant slogans in a ceremony commemorating the death anniversary of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini at his shrine just outside Tehran, Iran, June 4, 2013.

Khamenei urged presidential candidates on Tuesday not to make concessions to appease the West, an implied rebuke to several of the candidates running in June 14 elections who said that they would focus on improving the Islamic Republic's relations with other countries.

An Iranian man poses in his garment shop in the religious Shiite city of Qom, June 9, 2013.

Candidates in this week's presidential election have argued that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "mismanagement" is largely responsible for Iran's severe economic crisis. They have accused the outgoing leader of squandering the country's oil wealth.

Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani attend a campaign rally in Tabriz, Iran, June 10, 2013.

An Iranian woman walks past a campaign poster for Hassan Rowhani, moderate presidential candidate and former top nuclear negotiator, in Tehran, June 11, 2013.

Iranian bakers prepare traditional "Sangak" bread in the religious Shiite city of Qom, June 9, 2013.

Candidates in this week's presidential election have argued that Iran's outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "mismanagement" is largely responsible for the country's severe economic crisis.

Supporters of the Iranian presidential candidate, Hasan Rowhani, attend a campaign rally in Tehran, June 8, 2013.

Rowhani says he will reset Iran's economy and will reverse President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's foreign policy directions if elected.

Mohammad Gharazi, presidential candidate and former minister, speaks during a press conference in Tehran, June 11, 2013.

Gharazi had said he will not campaign for election, arguing that his executive experience in the regime is enough to run the country as president.

An Iranian supporter of moderate presidential candidate Hassan Rowhani works on her laptop in one of his campaign offices in Tehran, June 11, 2013.

Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei, a former Revolutionary Guard commander, chant slogans, during his campaign rally in Tehran, June 10, 2013.

Banners of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, and the late spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini, hang in the background.

Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, shown in the posters, attend a street campaign in Tehran, June 9, 2013.

Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani waves from his bus during a campaign tour to the western city of Sanandaj, Iran, June 10, 2013.

A supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani holds a newspaper with his picture during a street campaign in Tehran, June 9, 2013.

Escorted by his bodyguards, pro-reform Iranian presidential candidate, Mohammad Reza Aref, center, arrives at his campaign rally in Tehran, June 10, 2013.

On Tuesday, Aref withdrew his candidacy, putting his support behind another centrist candidate, Hasan Rowhani.

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Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani attend a campaign rally in Tehran, June 8, 2013.

A supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who is also Tehran's mayor, holds his poster from a car, in Tehran, June 9, 2013.