Early election results appear to show reformists and allied moderate conservatives and independents leading the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts vote.
Following a major turning point in West-Iran relations, President Hassan Rouhani is leading a band of Iranian business leaders and key ministers in a quest to promote warmer relations with Europe and attract a much-needed European investment and trade opportunities.
Atena Farghadani, a 29-year-old Iranian cartoonist, was accused of having an "illegitimate sexual relationship short of adultery" with her lawyer, after she shook his hand when he visited her in prison.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani denied that the nuclear deal has made them weaker.
