TEHRAN - Iranian Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli says his ministry would take necessary measures to hold the upcoming parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections electronically upon an approval by the country’s Guardian Council of the Constitution.

Rahmani Fazli made the remarks on Tuesday, adding that if not held electronically, the voting would take place in transparent ballot boxes through which the voting ballots are visible but not readable.

He also stated that the identity of the voters would also be verified during the voting, using an online procedure which connects the voting centers to the Interior Ministry’s electoral commission.

Earlier in Auguest, Rahmani Fazli had announced that by the time, some 4,000 people had signed up for the candidacy of the upcoming parliamentary elections, slated to be held by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 2016).

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