TEHRAN – All the schools in Tehran which were used as polling stations will be closed on Saturday as the counting of ballots had to start in the schools after the voting ended.

Alireza Kamarei, director of the Tehran education department, on Friday cited high involvement of the department’s staff in the process of elections and counting the ballots as the reason.

Also, in separate announcements, education departments of other cities in Tehran province announced they were calling off Saturday’s classes.

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