Hawzah News Agency- Shia source of emulation Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi participated in the elections of Iran’s parliament and the Assembly of Leadership Experts in the early moments of voting on Friday, March 1.

The polls opened across Iran at 8 a.m. local time on Friday with more than 61 million people eligible to vote across the country.

Stating that the enthusiastic participation of the people in the elections is necessary to solve the problems, this Shia scholar said,” the people can solve the problems by electing qualified candidates, and if the people have an enthusiastic presence, the problems will be solved more easily.”

Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi asked the people to make another epic with their enthusiastic participation in the elections.

Voters are taking part in the parliamentary elections to choose 290 members of the legislative body from over 15,000 candidates. Elected members will serve for a term of four years in the parliament.

In another election being held simultaneously, participants are voting for 88 members of the Assembly of Experts.

Article Six of the Iranian Constitution reiterates that the administration of the affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran should be based on the public opinion expressed by the means of elections.

Iran has held 40 rounds of different elections, including presidential and parliamentary ones, since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.